Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio State University, 2004. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 89 p.; also includes graphics (some col.). Includes abstract and vita. Advisor: Dennis A. Guenther, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-87).

By critically analyzing trends in museum fashion exhibition practice over the past century, this thesis defines and describes the varied representations of historical fashion within museum exhibitions in Britain and North America. Evidence collected through archival research on past exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Bath Fashion Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the McCord Museum, and supplemented by media reports, academic reviews, as well as secondary theoretical literature, suggests that the discourses of historical fashion exhibitions have been heavily influenced by the anxieties and values placed upon fashion more generally. The discipline of fashion curation is deeply rooted in and dependent upon much earlier display practices in museums, galleries, and shops. The interplay between personal and world-historical narratives in exhibitions, the celebration of consumerism and corporate brand identity, as well as claims to aesthetic universality and quality, continued to surface across historical fashion exhibitions in all the institutions studied over the period 1913 to the present. Moreover, historical fashion, as it has been displayed in the case study institutions, also reflects the function of the museum institution itself, especially its visual marking of time and social contexts. This thesis contributes to a growing literature on the history of museums and on fashion curation and provides a historical framework for exhibitions of historical fashion to both disciplines. The worksheet generated during data-gathering provides an objective vocabulary for evaluating the physical and intellectual content of a historical fashion exhibition, and is a potentially useful tool for future researchers. Furthermore, as this dissertation investigates the role of display as a means of communication about material culture, it provides new and original insights into this important aspect of museum practice and therefore, also contributes to theoretical debates within the larger field of cultural heritage.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oregon, 2007. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-89). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--Worcester Polytechnic Institute. / Keywords: Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility; firefighers clothing; fire protection. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-109).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 256 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-122).

Skyltdockor är ett exponeringsverktyg som har en lång historia inom klädsömnadsindustrin, en historia som genom decennierna förändrats och utvecklats för att attrahera konsumenterna på marknaden. Utseendet och skönhetsidealen som symboliseras har diskuterats och väcker idag, år 2012, stora debatter som är högaktuella.Syftet med forskningen är att studera den kvinnliga konsumentens associationer och attityd till skyltdockor på den svenska marknaden. Vi vill bidra till en ökad förståelse för marknadens attityder till skyltdockan ur ett företagsperspektiv, få en överblick över kommunikationskanalen och påvisa hur utformningen av skyltdockan ställs i relation till konsumentbeteendet.Forskningsfrågorna som behandlas i undersökningen är följande, hur ska skyltdockorna på den svenska marknaden utformas för att uppfattas som en effektiv exponerings- och kommunikationskanal. Vilka betydelsefulla argument är intressanta vid utformningen av en kvinnlig skyltdocka. Hur ska skyltdockan utformas för att attrahera den kvinnliga konsumenten och inge positiva associationer. För att besvara dessa frågor grundas studien främst på två genomförda fokusgrupper samt en enkätundersökning med respektive respondenter. Då den teoretiska referensramen var relativt outvecklad och outforskad inom området, skyltdockor, tar studien fasta på olika modeller som kan beskriva kommunikationen mellan företag och slutkonsument samt hur olika konsumentbeteenden kan påverka till ett köp. Den insamlade teorin utmynnar i en egen modifierad modell som beskriver kommunikationsflödet från en marknadskanal till konsument.Det material som vi fått in har gett utrymme för vidare analyser och med teorin som komplement har studien fångat kvinnornas verklighetsuppfattning både visuellt och via diskussioner. Resultatet och slutsatsen visar på att skyltdockan är ett tilltalande marknadsföringsverktyg i skyltfönstren som skapar olika associationer och attityder. Kvinnor är inte överens om hur vida utvecklingen ska utforma skyltdocksidealet för att tilltala alla men påvisar olika attityder och klarlägger att marknadskanalen inte alltid är bidragande faktor till ett köp.

Le but de ce travail est de développer des algorithmes de planification de mouvement pour des figures anthropomorphes en tenant compte de la géométrie, de la cinématique et de la dynamique du mécanisme et de son environnement.<br />Nous proposons une approche à trois étages au problème de la planification de mouvements pour des figures anthropomorphes qui manipulent des objets encombrants tout en marchant. Dans le processus, plusieurs problèmes ainsi que des propositions pour les résoudre, sont présentés. Ceux sont principalement l'évitement tri-dimensionnel des obstacles, la manipulation des objets à deux mains, la manipulation coopérative des objets et la combinaison de comportements hétérogènes.<br />La contribution principale est la modélisation du problème de la génération automatique des mouvements de manipulation et de locomotion dans le contexte de mécanismes bipèdes. Les bonnes performances du planificateur sont validées avec des mécanismes différents, tant virtuels que physiques.

A dynamic mannequin testing facility has been constructed to test the thermal protective properties of Navy uniforms and protective clothing. The existing facility consists of a traversing mannequin mechanism that passes through a fire that has been spatially characterized by temperature and heat flux measurements. The fire is provided by 8 propane sand burners in a modified ISO 9705 room. The current project is a continuation of work done by WPI Students over the last 5 years. A copper disk surface heat flux transducer has been designed and calibrated in the WPI Cone Calorimeter. The mannequin has been instrumented with 40 of these transducers for the acquisition of heat flux data during fire exposures. Heat Flux data was collected with the bare mannequin and through protective clothing for a range of exposure times. A finite difference method approach is used to model the skins temperature response at the epidermis-dermis interface. This temperature is used to predict 1st and 2nd degree skin burns using Henrique's burn damage integral. The percent total body area (%TBA) affected by burns can be calculated by this method. The facility is now capable of providing comparative data on the relative thermal protection provided by different clothing.

Les modèles humains numériques sont devenus des outils indispensables à l’étude de la posture est du mouvement dans de nombreux domaines de la biomécanique visant des applications en ergonomie ou pour la clinique. Ces modèles intègrent une représentation géométrique de la surface du corps et un squelette filaire interne composé de segments rigides et d’articulations assurant leur mise en mouvement. La personnalisation des mannequins s'effectue d’abord sur les dimensions anthropométriques externes, servant ensuite de données d’entrée à l’ajustement des longueurs des segments du squelette en interne. Si les données externes sont de plus en plus facilement mesurables à l’aide des outils de scanning 3D actuels, l’enjeu scientifique est de pouvoir prédire des points caractéristiques du squelette en interne à partir de données uniquement externes. L’Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak (Arts et Métiers ParisTech) a développé des méthodes de reconstruction des os et de l’enveloppe externe à partir de radiographies biplanes obtenues avec le système basse dose EOS. En s’appuyant sur cette technologie, ces travaux ont permis de proposer de nouvelles relations statistiques externes-internes pour prédire des points du squelette longitudinal, en particulier l’ensemble des centres articulaires du rachis, à partir d’une base de données de 80 sujets. L'application de ce travail pourrait permettre d’améliorer le réalisme des modèles numériques actuels en vue de mener des analyses biomécaniques, principalement en ergonomie, nécessitant des informations dépendant de la position des articulations comme les mesures d’amplitude de mouvement et de charges articulaires / Digital human models have become instrumental tools in the analysis of posture and motion in many areas of biomechanics, including ergonomics and clinical settings. These models include a geometric representation of the body surface and an internal linkage composed of rigid segments and joints allowing simulation of human movement. The customization of human models first starts with the adjustment of external anthropometric dimensions, which are then used as input data to the adjustment of internal skeletal segments lengths. While the external data points are more readily measurable using current 3D scanning tools, the scientific challenge is to predict the characteristic points of the internal skeleton from external data only. The Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak (Arts et Métiers ParisTech) has developed 3D reconstruction methods of bone and external envelope from biplanar radiographs obtained from the EOS system (EOS Imaging, Paris), a low radiation dose technology. Using this technology, this work allowed proposing new external-internal statistical relationships to predict points of the longitudinal skeleton, particularly the complete set of spine joint centers, from a database of 80 subjects. The implementation of this work could improve the realism of current digital human models used for biomechanical analysis requiring information of joint center location, such as the estimation of range of motion and joint loading

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