Modeling of moisture evaporation from skin and mucous membrane and prediction of dryness sensation
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25289195
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Partial Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Architectural environment/Equipment
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
Satoru Takada 神戸大学, 工学研究科, 准教授 (20301244)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥17,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥5,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,290,000)
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| Keywords | 乾燥 / 皮膚 / 粘膜 / 蒸発 / 水分 / モデル / 室内環境 / 被験者 / 乾燥感 / 被験者実験 / 不快感 / 許容度 / 湿度 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In order to make a framework to predict dryness sensation from conditions of indoor thermal environments, models to predict heat and moisture transfer in and around skin, eye and airway were developed, and subject experiments were conducted to measure physiological and psychological responses of human to thermal environmental conditions inducing dryness of skin and mucous membranes. As the results, the surface temperature and moisture state of skin, eyes and airway calculated by the developed models agreed fairly well with the measured results obtained in the subject experiments. On the other hand, the psychological responses to an extremely low humidity conditions were not distinct. Therefore it was shown that the framework to evaluate the indoor thermal environments without dryness sensation should be based not on sensation of dryness, which was firstly assumed, but on the physiological variables of moisture state of skin and mucous membranes.
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Research Products
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