A comparison of the thermal resistance of a foam neoprene wetsuit to a wetsuit fabricated from aerogel-syntactic foam hybrid insulation

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4068-4076

  Bardy, Erik ^a,b   Mollendorf, Joseph ^a,b,c   Pendergast, David ^a,b,c  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOAMS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; SAMPLING; THERMAL INSULATION; WATER;

AEROGEL-SYNTACTIC FOAM HYBRID INSULATION; FOAM NEOPRENE WETSUIT; HYPERBARIC PRESSURE; SURFACE DEPRESSIONS;

AEROGELS;

EID: 33748354029     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/18/018     Document Type: Article

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