An Evaluation of Human Thermal Models for the Study of Immersion Hypothermia Protection Equipment

Abstract

This report presents an evaluation of mathematical models of a man in a cold environment. The models are evaluated for their ability to predict the effectiveness of anti-exposure equipment use during cold water immersion. The evaluation is done by comparison of model results to those observed during in vivo cold immersions with a wide range of anti-exposure equipment. The models evaluated are those, available in the literature, which employ a metabolic rate control submodel. Model results obtained with modified and experimental submodels are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 12, 1979
Accession Number
ADA081100

Entities

People

  • E. R. Baker Iv
  • Jeffrey L. Ringuest
  • R. Michael Harnett

Organizations

  • Clemson University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Blood Flow
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Energy
  • Experimental Data
  • Heat Balance
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Metabolism
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermal Resistance
  • Vapor Pressure
  • Wet Suits

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Materials Science