Measurement of Immersion Suit Insulation: a Comparison between Human Subjects and a Thermal Manikin
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چکیده
Thermal manikin. Parallel to the human tests, the immersion suit was also tested using a Thermal Instrumented Manikin (TIM, CORD Group Limited, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia) immersed in the same water conditions and at the same time without interfering with the subject or changing the wave pattern. The probe locations (except for the location of the lIFTs that were fixed on the pile garment of the manikin instead of the skin as it was for the humans to avoid applying a large correction factor to the heat flow values; see 2) and the clothing were the same as for the human subjects (see 1 for details). The aluminum skin of the manikin was maintained constant and uniform at 25°C during the tests.
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