Whole-body human thermal modeling, an alternative to immersion in cold water and other unpleasant endeavors

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wissler, Eugene H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

arctic survival; human thermal model; human thermal physiology

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SURVIVAL; COLD WATERS; COUNTER CURRENT; DIFFERENT SCALE; HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY OF SURVIVAL; THERMAL MODEL; THERMAL MODELING; THERMAL PHYSIOLOGY; WHOLE-BODY;

ACCIDENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

AUTOMOBILE BODIES;

EID: 84856527764     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4005155     Document Type: Review

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