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Accession Number:
AD1046520
Title:
BIOPHYSICAL EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUAL COMPONENT LEVELS AND SELECTED CONFIGURATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS COLD-WEATHER CLOTHING ENSEMBLE
Descriptive Note:
[Technical Report, Technical Report]
Corporate Author:
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Report Date:
2018-01-02
Pagination or Media Count:
32
Abstract:
The Biophysics and Biomedical Modeling Division BBMD is examining a new thermal manikin testing paradigm where the measured thermal properties of individual layers of a multi-layer clothing system are used as inputs to a model that predicts the thermal characteristics of various multi-layer ensembles. Thermal and evaporative resistance measurements were completed on individual layers as well as for selected multi-layer ensembles. The measurements were performed on four different types of thermal manikins whole-body, hand, foot, and head manikins. The measured results of the selected ensembles were compared to existing empirical equations that predict composite insulation from the clothing data for individual layers.
Distribution Statement:
[A, Approved For Public Release]
