Manikins for Textile Evaluation

Rajkishore Nayak is an Associate Professor with the School of Communication & Design (SCD) at RMIT Vietnam. His research interests include new materialism, sustainability in fashion and textiles; circular fashion; waste management; and ethical fashion. Dr. Nayak has published 15 books and more than 150 high-impact journal papers. He is working in collaboration with universities in Africa, Europe, USA and Asia. Dr. Nayak is currently an Editorial member of various journals, including the Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, and Fashion and Textiles. He is also an active member in SDC, ITA and AFC. He has extensive publications in high impact journals as well as books and book chapters. Professor Rajiv Padhye is a Director of a Centre for Materials Innovation and Future Fashion at the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University, Australia. He did his PhD from Leeds University, UK. He has several national and international publications in various journals. Rajiv has supervised many PhD and Masters Students and published several book chapters, monogram, journal articles and books. Recently Rajiv has been honored by RMIT University with “Research Leadership” "Research excellence"and “Media Person 2012” awards. In 2003 Textile Institute, Manchester UK, has honoured him with Fellowship of the Textile Institute (FTI).

Part I Introduction 1 Introduction to manikins Rajkishore Nayak 2 Types of thermal manikin Yehu Lu, Kalev Kuklane and Chuansi Gao

Part II Manikins for design and display 3 Manikins in shop display Kalesh Nath Chatterjee, Yamini Jhanji, Shelly Khanna and Amandeep Manocha 4 Evaluation of fit and size Norsaadah Zakaria 5 Evaluation of thermo-physiological comfort of clothing using manikins Sumit Mandal, Simon Annaheim, Martin Camenzind and René M. Rossi 6 Evaluation of ergonomics Asis Patnaik and Elspa M. Hovgaard 7 Comparison of manikin tests with wearer trials Rajkishore Nayak and Shadi Houshyar 8 Drape measurement technique using manikins with the help of image analysis Awadhesh Kumar Choudhary and Payal Bansal

Part III Manikins for high-performance textiles 9 Evaluation of heat and flame protective performance of clothing using manikins Sumit Mandal, Martin Camenzind, Simon Annaheim and René M. Rossi 10 Evaluation of steam and hot liquid splash protection using thermal manikins and simulated tests Yehu Lu 11 Manikins for evaluation of pressure performance Yong-Rong Wang 12 Manikins for medical textile evaluation Monica P. Sikka 13 Defense applications of manikins Ashvani Goyal 14 Automotive applications of manikins Rajesh Mishra 15 Thermo-physiological simulation Agnes Psikuta, Simon Annaheim and René M. Rossi

Part IV Associated problems, care, and maintenance and future directions in manikins 16 Various issues, care, and maintenance of manikins Vinod Kadam and Rajkishore Nayak 17 Future directions in the use of manikins Lina Zhai, René M. Rossi and Jun Li