A Coupling System for Prediction of Physiological Parameters in an Immersed Condition
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Abstract
This study’s major aim is to use a coupling system to predict the physiological parameters of a person wearing a life preserver in an immersion condition. The coupling system is made up of a thermal manikin that can simulate the human body’s thermoregulatory response in an immersion environment, coupled to a multi-segment human thermal model. By comparing the results with those of the subjects, the coupled system’s predictions were shown to be accurate. The core temperature, skin temperature, and heat flow density of ten healthy men were all continuously measured while they wore life preservers and were exposed to the same temperature of air and water. The coupling system demonstrated accurate predictions of heat production and core temperature compared to real measures, with RMSD of 18.91 W and 0.12 °C, respectively. The majority of the predicted values for mean skin temperature were within SD of the measured values, and the paired sample t-test with a significance level of 0.05 showed good agreement with a maximum temperature difference of 1 °C. Also, the coupling system predicted results and the measured results showed some good accuracy for predicting local skin temperatures.
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OpenAlex topics: Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Infrared Thermography in Medicine · Climate Change and Health Impacts
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Affiliations
School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, No. 399 Binshui West Street, Xiqing District, Tianjin 300387, China
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Jiaxing Nanhu University, Jiaxing 314001, China
Funding
National Natural Science Foundation of China · Tianjin Research Innovation Project for Postgraduate Students
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