Thermal and Moisture Transport in Fibrous Materials

Dr Ning Pan is a Professor at the University of California, Davis, in the Division of Textiles and Clothing and the Department of Biological/Agricultural Engineering. He has published widely in the areas of mechanics and physics of fibrous materials, and is a Fellow of both ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and the Textile Institute. Dr Phil Gibson works at the highly regarded U.S Army Soldier Systems Center, internationally renowned for its pioneering research in the field of textiles.

Part 1 Textile structure and moisture transport: Characterising the structure and geometry of fibrous materials; Understanding the three-dimensional structure of fibrous materials using stereology; Essentials of psychrometry and capillary hydrostatics; Surface tension, wetting and wicking in textiles; Wetting phenomena in textile fibres; Interactions between liquid and fibrous materials. Part 2 Heat-moisture interactions in textile materials: Thermal conduction and moisture diffusion in fibrous materials; Convection and ventilation in fabric layers; Multiphase flow through porous media; The cellular automata lattice gas approach for fluid flows in porous media; Phase change in fabrics; Heat-moisture interactions and phase change in fibrous materials. Part 3 Textile-body interactions and modelling issues: Heat and moisture transfer in textiles for insulation; Computer simulation of moisture transport in fibrous materials; Computational modeling of clothing performance; The skin's role in human thermoregulation and comfort.