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WET-BULB TEMPERATURE AND METABOLIC RATE LIMITS FOR ACCLIMATIZED MEN.

Author(s) : SCHUTTE P. C.

Summary

THE STUDY IS AN ASSESSMENT OF LIMITING WET-BULB TEMPERATURES AT VARIOUS METABOLIC RATES FOR FORMALLY ACCLIMATIZED WO THE FORMULATION OF THE HEAT STRESS LIMITS WAS BASED ON THE CRITERION THAT A HEAT EXPOSED INDIVIDUAL SHOULD EXPERIENCE A NEGLIGIBLE RISK (LESS THAN ONE-IN-A-MILLION) OF DEVELOPING HYPERTHERMIA: RECTAL TEMPERATURE OF 313 K (40 DEG C). EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS INDICATE THAT LIMITING WET-BULB TEMPERATURES ASSOCIATED WITH LOW, MODERATE AND HIGH METABOLIC RATES WERE 306, 303.4 AND 301.2 K (33, 30.4 AND 28.2 DEG C), RESPECTIVELY.

Details

  • Original title: WET-BULB TEMPERATURE AND METABOLIC RATE LIMITS FOR ACCLIMATIZED MEN.
  • Record ID : 1987-1122
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1986/04/14
  • Source: Source: Frigair '86, Pretoria
    vol. 1; n. 12; 4 p.; 2 tabl.; 8 ref.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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