Biomedical Criteria for Optimal Elastic Resistance in Divers' Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Abstract

This project is part of a series of investigations aimed at providing the US Navy with design criteria for acceptable respiratory impediment in drivers' breathing gear so as to enhance performance and safety of military divers. Specifically, the present project was conceived to study the effects on divers' respiratory performance by elastic resistance, combinations of elastic resistance and static loading and of flow resistance and static loading.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 05, 1993
Accession Number
ADA271039

Entities

People

  • Claes E. Lundgren

Organizations

  • University at Buffalo

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptability
  • Breathing Apparatus
  • Breathing Gases
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Design Criteria
  • Divers
  • Flow
  • Heart Rate
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
  • Shallow Depth
  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Static Loads
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Three Dimensional
  • Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology