1. Heat production and heart rate of seven steers were measured simultaneously using either a calorimetric chamber or head-cage. 2. The relationship between heat production and heart rate for each animal was best described by linear regression. 3. Differences between individual animals made separate 'calibration equations' necessary for each animal. 4. Accuracy of prediction of heat production ...

The abrasion is a significant issue, especially in machining of rigid steels. A functional and suitable approach for enhancing the heat transfer from machining area is using an intermediate fluid with higher heat transfer potential instead of common fluids. The objective of this experimental study is to discuss production, stability and thermal conductivity examination of water/graphene oxide n...

Comparisons of six heating source localisation measurement models are conducted where temperature or ultrasonic time of flight readings provide the measurement update to the extended Kalman filter for estimating the location of a high heat flux spot source on a flat plate. For a particular measurement model, one of two processes are used: 1) directly using the measurements as the measurement ve...

Flow boiling heat transfer with the refrigerants R-134a and R-245fa in copper microchannel cold plate evaporators is investigated. Arrays of microchannels of hydraulic diameter 1.09 mm and 0.54 mm are considered. The aspect ratio of the rectangular cross section of the channels in both test sections is 2.5. The heat transfer coefficient is measured as a function of local thermodynamic vapor qua...

This paper aims at solving the problem of explosion proof in measurement of thermal gas flow using electronic sensor by presenting a new type of flow sensor by optical fiber heating. A measuring unit based on fiber Bragg grating (FBG) for fluid temperature and a unit for heat dissipation are designed to replace the traditional electronic sensors. The light in C band from the amplified spontaneo...

Investigating claims that a clothed person's mass loss does not always represent their evaporative heat loss (EVAP), a thermal manikin study was performed measuring heat balance components in more detail than human studies would permit. Using clothing with different levels of vapor permeability and measuring heat losses from skin controlled at 34 degrees C in ambient temperatures of 10, 20, and...

The identification of the space-dependent perfusion coefficient in the onedimensional transient bio-heat conduction equation is investigated. In this inverse coefficient identification problem, the additional measurement necessary to render a unique solution is a boundary temperature measurement. A numerical approach based on a Crank-Nicolson finitedifference scheme combined with Tikhonov’s reg...

Porous polymeric materials, such as textile fabrics, are elastic and widely used in our daily life for garment and household products. The mechanical and dynamic heat transfer properties of porous polymeric materials, which describe the sensations during the contact process between porous polymeric materials and parts of the human body, such as the hand, primarily influence comfort sensations a...

This study investigated the between trial variation of thermoregulatory measures during a heat acclimation protocol. Eight 14-16 y old boys completed three bouts of 20-min cycling at 45 % peak VO2 in a hot environment (35.1 ± 1.2 °C and 46. 4 ± 1.0 % relative humidity) on two occasions separated by a minimum of 24 h. Reliability was assessed through analysis of within-subject variation, the cha...