Physiological Adjustments to Environmental Factors.
Abstract
The following conclusions are considered warranted by the investigators: (1) There is an increase in the sensitivity of the thermoregulatory centers in the hypothalmus following heat acclimation; (2) there is no increase in the peripheral sensitivity of the reflex sweating mechanism with heat acclimation; (3) the human body undergoes significant physiological adaptation during heat acclimation; (4) the heat acclimation process is limited by the amount of work and heat stress imposed giving only partial adaptation to more severe conditions; and (5) there were training effects associated with the heat acclimation process. The interactive human performance model written at the Department of Human Physiology, University of California, Davis, and originally implemented on a Burroughs B6700 has been adapted to run interactively on the CDC 6600 at Indiana University.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 31, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA012061
Entities
People
- Howard H. Rostorfer
Organizations
- Indiana University Bloomington