Efficiency of liquid cooling garments: Prediction and manikin measurement

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 644-648

  Xu, Xiaojiang ^a   Endrusick, Thomas ^a   Laprise, Brad ^b   Santee, William ^a   Kolka, Margaret ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Heat transfer; Protective clothing; Thermal manikin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COOLING; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MANIKINS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 33745726569     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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