Heat Transfer to Skin Through Thermally-Irradiated Dry Cloth

Abstract

An analysis is presented of the problem of heat transmission through dry opaque or diathermanous cloth and an air space into underlying skin, following exposure to thermal radiation. The problem is solved numerically by finite difference approximations, the method being given in detail. It is shown that a technique requiring only the appropriate weighting of temperature-rise data obtained from three curves yields results within 1 to 2% of those obtained by extensive machine calculations in which allowance is made for energy absorption at each of several increments into which the diathermanous cloth is conceptually divided. The analytical work is verified by good agreement with experimental results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1958
Accession Number
AD0200210

Entities

People

  • N. Y. Chen
  • W. P. Jensen

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Gaps
  • Differential Equations
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Health Services
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Heat Transmission
  • Mass Transfer
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Optical Properties
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermal Radiation
  • War Colleges

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  • Acoustics.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Materials Science

Technology Areas

  • Space
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