Respirator Performance Rating Tables for Mask Design

Abstract

The ultimate goal for respiratory protective mask designers is computer-aided design (CAD). CAD is usually used to assist with physical layout and fabrication, but physiological information can be incorporated into CAD processes as well. By this means, physiological effects of a candidate mask design can be evaluated before the mask is fabricated, thus leading to more effective and efficient mask development than has previous been possible. The Performance Rating Table (PRT) is a beginning step to formulating physiological information in a way that can be useful for design. The PRT is an assessment of the task performance attributable to various mask factors. More than anything else, the PRT is a conceptual organization of information which has previously been too complicated to be of use in mask design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA253391

Entities

People

  • Arthur T. Johnson

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Body Temperature
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Digestive System Processes
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Motor Skills
  • Musculoskeletal Physiology
  • Physiological Effects
  • Protective Clothing
  • Protective Equipment
  • Protective Masks
  • Psychology
  • Respiration Disorders
  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Standards

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  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
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