| The purpose of this study was to follow a design process in the development and evaluation of protective flightsuits for use by Canadian Forces flight personnel. The framework for the research was adopted from Orlando's (1979) Functional Design Process. This design process allows the designer to follow a strategy-controlled procedure from the general request of the design through to the garment completion and evaluation. It enables the designer to incorporate various design elements into the final design.;The experimental designs incorporated four parameters requested by Defence Research Establishment Ottawa: style, fit, closure system and seam type. With 1-piece and 2-piece styles, close fitting and loose fitting constructions, two closure systems and two seam types (which varied with closure system), a total of eight different flightsuits were designed using AutoCAD;The thermally instrumented mannequin built at The University of Alberta was used to evaluate the thermal protection of the flightsuits. (Abstract shortened by UMI.). |
