CURRENT CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES APPLICABLE TO THE CONTROL OF BODY HEAT LOSS IN AIRCREW SUBJECTED TO WATER IMMERSION
Abstract
The problem of providing adequate clothing for personnel who either accidentally of otherwise are immersed in cold water has continued to challenge clothing manufacturers for the past decade. The development of foamed plastics and other clothing materials offers new possibilities. Likewise new advances in energy conversion systems offer new solutions to this critical operational problem. The basic physical and physiological concepts which pertain to the problem of limiting thermal loss from the immersed human are reviewed. The newer technical developments in insulative clothing and supplemental heating systems are reviewed. The newer technical developments in insulative clothing and supplemental heating systems are reviewed and discussed with relation to these basic concepts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0635052
Entities
People
- E. L. Beckman
- E. Reeves
- R. F. Goldman
Organizations
- Naval Medical Research Center