ATTENUATION OF NONUNIFORM SUIT TEMPERATURES FOR SPACE SUITS IN ORBIT.
Abstract
A cylindrical model of a water jacket space suit exposed to solar and metabolic heating was examined to determine the water flow rates required to reduce large equilibrium suits temperature differences. Analytical results demonstrate that variations in the metabolic heating rate are unimportant and only moderate water flow rates are required to reduce the maximum suit temperature difference to a few degrees Fahrenheit. This is the third phase of an investigation to delineate the design parameters for controlling the thermal environment in a space suit located in orbit around the earth. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0425812
Entities
People
- Kenneth R. Cramer
- Thomas F. Irvine Jr.
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory