Artificial Neural Network Estimation of Thermal Insulation Value of Children’s School Wear in Kuwait Classroom
Table 1
Comparison between the girl’s clothing insulation value () by adapted data using McCullough et al. [8] regression equation, those measured using thermal manikin, adult size, and the estimated values for summer and winter codes for all classroom grades, published by Al-Rashidi et al. [10].
Age (yr)
Weight (kg)
Height (m)
Summer clothing codes
Winter clothing codes
ACW (g)
(%)
BSAC1 (%)
(clo)
(clo)
(clo)
ACW (g)
(%)
BSAC1 (%)
(clo)
(clo)
(clo)
6
22.4
1.171
261
23.4
38.9
0.66
0.68
0.65
483
12.6
21.0
0.96
0.90
0.88
7
25.7
1.226
307
23.4
38.9
0.67
0.68
0.65
532
12.6
21.0
0.96
0.90
0.88
8
29.8
1.286
342
23.4
38.9
0.67
0.68
0.65
570
12.6
21.0
0.96
0.90
0.88
9
33.4
1.323
375
23.4
38.9
0.67
0.68
0.65
623
12.6
21.0
0.96
0.90
0.88
10
39.1
1.397
411
23.4
38.9
0.67
0.68
0.65
651
12.6
21.0
0.94
0.90
0.88
11
45.3
1.467
450
23.4
38.9
0.67
0.68
0.65
761
23.4
19.2
0.88
0.90
0.88
11
45.3
1.467
499
10.5
41.4
0.79
0.74
0.82
851
10.5
24.0
0.99
1.05
0.96
12
50.2
1.518
486
23.4
38.9
0.67
0.68
0.65
822
23.4
19.2
0.88
0.90
0.88
12
50.2
1.518
532
10.5
41.4
0.79
0.74
0.82
910
10.5
24.0
1.00
1.05
0.96
13
56.0
1.538
513
23.4
38.9
0.67
0.68
0.65
868
23.4
19.2
0.88
0.90
0.88
13
56.0
1.538
560
10.5
41.4
0.79
0.74
0.82
964
10.5
24.0
1.00
1.05
0.96
14
56.6
1.556
520
23.4
38.9
0.67
0.68
0.65
879
23.4
19.2
0.88
0.90
0.88
14
56.6
1.556
563
10.5
41.4
0.79
0.74
0.82
973
10.5
24.0
0.99
1.05
0.96
15
63.5
1.564
552
23.4
25.4
0.74
0.70
0.74
939
23.4
19.2
0.88
0.91
0.87
15
63.5
1.564
586
10.5
41.4
0.79
0.75
0.80
1024
10.5
24.0
0.99
1.03
0.97
16
61.5
1.574
541
23.4
25.4
0.74
0.70
0.74
927
23.4
19.2
0.88
0.91
0.87
16
61.5
1.574
589
10.5
41.4
0.79
0.75
0.80
1018
10.5
24.0
0.99
1.03
0.97
17
61.9
1.576
543
23.4
25.4
0.74
0.70
0.74
927
23.4
19.2
0.88
0.91
0.87
17
61.9
1.576
589
10.5
41.4
0.79
0.75
0.80
1018
10.5
24.0
0.99
1.03
0.97
ACW: actual clothing weight (g); : body surface area nude (%); BSAC1: body surface area covered by one layer of clothing (%); : the thermal insulation value calculated from McCullough et al. [8] regressed equation (clo); : the actual measured thermal insulation value using thermal manikins; : the estimated thermal insulation value from the standard tables (clo).
