THERMAL RESISTANCE OF THE CHEEK IN COLD AIR
- Authors
- Corporate Authors
- Defence and Civil Inst of Environmental Medicine, Downsview ONT (CAN)
- Abstract
- Some experiments were carried out to characterize the thermal resistance of the tissues of the cheek area. Heat flow and skin temperature in cold air were measured with a heat-flux transducer. The face was uncomfortably cold when the cheek skin temperature was below 15 C and painful when the skin temperature fell below 10 C. Thermal resistance increased as skin temperature fell, reaching a maximum of 0.07 square m K/W at a skin temperature between 10 C and 15 C.
- Report Number
- DCIEM-94-47 — Research Report
- Date of publication
- 01 Sep 1994
- Number of Pages
- 10
- DSTKIM No
- 94-07464
- CANDIS No
- 147569
- Format(s):
- Hardcopy;Document Image stored on Optical Disk
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