Artificial Neural Network Estimation of Thermal Insulation Value of Children’s School Wear in Kuwait Classroom
Table 2
Comparison between the boy’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)
Children 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
1.176
361
25.8
44.0
0.66
0.65
0.68
640
12.6
0.00
1.15
1.17
1.13
7
25.8
1.235
405
25.8
44.0
0.67
0.65
0.68
723
12.6
0.00
1.16
1.17
1.13
8
29.0
1.286
452
25.8
44.0
0.67
0.65
0.68
763
12.6
0.00
1.16
1.17
1.13
9
32.8
1.329
490
25.8
44.0
0.68
0.65
0.68
820
12.6
0.00
1.18
1.17
1.13
10
37.8
1.381
532
25.8
44.0
0.67
0.65
0.68
881
12.6
0.00
1.15
1.17
1.13
11
43.3
1.441
575
25.8
44.0
0.67
0.65
0.68
948
12.6
0.00
1.14
1.17
1.13
12
48.2
1.445
621
25.8
44.0
0.67
0.65
0.68
992
12.6
0.00
1.15
1.17
1.13
13
61.0
1.576
653
25.8
44.0
0.66
0.65
0.68
1090
12.6
0.00
1.12
1.17
1.13
14
62.2
1.633
673
25.8
44.0
0.65
0.65
0.68
1252
12.6
0.00
1.15
1.17
1.13
15
67.2
1.673
711
25.8
44.0
0.66
0.65
0.68
1355
12.6
0.00
1.16
1.17
1.13
16
72.3
1.698
733
25.8
44.0
0.65
0.65
0.68
1401
12.6
0.00
1.16
1.17
1.13
17
74.8
1.713
740
25.8
44.0
0.65
0.65
0.68
1422
12.6
0.00
1.16
1.17
1.13
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).
