eprintid: 22
rev_number: 4
eprint_status: archive
userid: 4
dir: disk0/00/00/00/22
datestamp: 2004-06-10
lastmod: 2015-05-29 19:45:33
status_changed: 2009-04-08 16:52:04
type: report
metadata_visibility: show
item_issues_count: 0
creators_name: Breward, C.J.W.
creators_name: Lacey, A.A.
contributors_name: Bird, C.
contributors_name: Dewynne, J.N.
contributors_name: Hill, A.
contributors_name: Howison, S.D.
contributors_name: Please, C.P.
contributors_name: Ockendon, J.R.
title: Perspiration modelling of the human foot
ispublished: pub
subjects: other
studygroups: esgi46
companyname: SATRA Technology
full_text_status: public
problem_statement: SATRA Technology wishes to use an  artificial foot  to replace those of live volunteers in comfort tests. The artificial foot has the size and shape of a real foot and is made of a heated aluminium core surrounded by a polyurethane and a porous-rubber layer. The tests involve equipping the artificial foot with hose (socks, stockings, etc.) and the shoes or boots to be tested, and subjecting it to controlled environments for periods of up to several hours. The Study Group was asked to look initially at heat and moisture transfer for feet, real and artificial, exposed directly to the atmosphere. The next stage is to look at mass and heat transport across the hose. Identification of key effects in a reasonable model might allow temperature and moisture levels in different conditions to be determined without the need for separate experiments in each case.
date: 2003-04
date_type: published
pages: 13
citation:   Breward, C.J.W. and Lacey, A.A.  (2003) Perspiration modelling of the human foot.  [Study Group Report]     
document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/22/1/Feet.pdf