SCENARIO: A Military/Industrial Heat Strain Model Modified to Account for Effects of Aerobic Fitness and Progressive Dehydration.

Abstract

This report focuses on the development and application of new mathematical algorithms for blood flow, sweating rate, and cardiac stroke volume for use in SCENARIO, a previously documented simulation of physiological responses to work in hot environments. The new algorithms make for the subject's level of aerobic fitness and the extent of dehydration which can progressively deteriorate performance during sustained exposures. Graphic examples of SCENARIO output are given for sustained work in the normal, euhydrated state and compared with examples of progressive dehydration and of deteriorated physical fitness due to 20 days of bed rest. An novel example of its use as a tactical decision aide is given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA323872

Entities

People

  • Kenneth K. Kraning Iii
  • Richard R. Gonzalez

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Biomedical Research
  • Blood Flow
  • Blood Volume
  • Body Temperature
  • Body Weight
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Heart Rate
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Physical Fitness
  • Research Facilities
  • Simulations

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Exercise and Sports Science.
  • Systems Analysis and Design