Mathematical Simulation of Diver Performance

Abstract

This report summarizes the work accomplished during the six years covered by this contract. A mathematical model of the human thermal system was developed, validated for accuracy under conditions typically encountered in Navy diving operations, and applied to several problems of current interest. The following problems were analyzed: (1) prediction of the performance of a new passive diver thermal protection system developed at NCSC, (2) analysis of the lost bell problem of saturation diving, (3) analysis of heat stress in hyperbaric environments, and (4) prediction of survival time for various accidents involving immersion in cold water.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 1982
Accession Number
ADA133844

Entities

People

  • Eugene H. Wissler

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical Research
  • Body Temperature
  • Cold Water
  • Cooling
  • Divers
  • Diving
  • Equations
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hypothermia
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Research
  • Physical Properties
  • Physiological Phenomena
  • Physiology
  • Resistance

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.