Heat Stress in Chemical Warfare Clothing

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of heat flow mechanisms which operate in a chemical warfare (CW) suit in order to estimate the extent to which it might be possible to alleviate heat stress without resorting to artificial cooling. The analysis uses Canadian, UK and US thermal and water vapour resistance measurements of CW materials/clothing and shows that little improvement in heat dissipation can be expected with material improvements alone. It is proposed that heat stress could be substantially reduced by making the CW suit with a minimal number of independent fabric layers and as close fitting as possible. Physiological tests are required to confirm the validity of this theory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA138672

Entities

People

  • B. Farnworth
  • R. M. Crow

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Clothing
  • Cooling
  • Dissipation
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Fabrics
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Loss
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transmission
  • Latent Heat
  • Materials
  • Textiles
  • Thermal Resistance
  • Warfare

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