@inproceedings {1851,
	title = {Latent Heat Loss of a Virtual Thermal Manikin for Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Bicycle Helmets},
	booktitle = {Advances in Human Factors in Simulation and Modeling},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {66{\textendash}78},
	publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
	organization = {Springer International Publishing},
	address = {Cham},
	abstract = {Thermal performance of three bicycle helmets for latent heat loss was evaluated through a virtual testing methodology using Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The virtual thermal manikin was prescribed with a constant sweat rate of 2~g/h and a constant sweat film thickness of 0.3~mm. The simulations were carried out at 6~m/s until convergence was achieved. The results from steady state simulations show heat loss of 158~W from manikin without helmet and approximately 135~W with helmets. However, the thermal performance of helmets with a sweating manikin has been reduced from 89{\textendash}93{\%} to 84{\textendash}87{\%}. These results imply that evaporative/latent heat loss plays a significant role in thermal performance of helmets. Therefore, thermal performance tests for helmets should also include testing of helmets for evaporative heat loss.},
	isbn = {978-3-319-94223-0},
	author = {Mukunthan, Shriram and Jochen Vleugels and Toon Huysmans and Guido De Bruyne},
	editor = {Cassenti, Daniel N.}
}
