Accession Number:

ADA151012

Title:

Current Approaches for the Biophysical and Physiological Evaluation of Combat Clothing for Environmental Extremes,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY RESEARCH INST OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE NATICK MA

Personal Author(s):

• Pandolf,K. B.
• Gonzalez,R. R.
• Sawka,M. N.

Report Date:

1985-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

Concerned with studying the soldier, his clothing and equipment, the environment and the interactions which determine thermal stress in hot or cold environments, research studies are designed to provide a basis for predicting the soldiers physiological responses, performance decrements and tolerance times under a given combination of physical activity level, clothing and the environment. The current computerized prediction model considers the interaction of various multidisciplinary factors such as a the theoretical physics of heat transfer, b the biophysics of clothing, c the physiology of metabolic heat production, distribution and elimination and, d related meteorological parameters. Additional keywords Army research.

Descriptors:

• *ENVIRONMENTS
• *ARMY PERSONNEL
• *PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
• *CLOTHING
• *BIOPHYSICS
• HEAT TRANSFER
• COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• WARFARE
• ARMY RESEARCH
• PREDICTIONS
• METABOLISM
• ARMY EQUIPMENT
• HOT WEATHER
• METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA
• RESPONSE(BIOLOGY)
• RANGE(EXTREMES)
• COLD WEATHER
• THERMAL STRESSES
• HEAT PRODUCTION(BIOLOGY)

Subject Categories:

• Personnel Management and Labor Relations
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE