The potential of controlling human body thermal status through monitoring temperature and heat flux indices of the fingers was evaluated. A cooling/warming suit was used that provided a range of uniform and nonuniform temperature regimes on the body surface. Temperature changes on the skin surface changed body comfort significantly but did not affect core temperature. However, under different imposed thermal conditions, peripheral temperature, particularly the fingers, closely followed the thermal conditions either within or on the surface of the body. The fingers appear to have considerable potential as a key site in developing an automatic thermal feedback system in the EVA suit.


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    Title :

    Body Surface Temperature Tuning as a Comfort Support System in Space and Other Extreme Environments


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers



    Conference:

    International Conference On Environmental Systems ; 1998



    Publication date :

    1998-07-13




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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