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Human air

Reference data et engineering information about human air pour physiology applications.

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Overview

Engineering reference data for Human Air in physiology.

Key Formulas

Basal Metabolic Rate

BMRM0.75BMR \propto M^{0.75}

Kleiber's law — metabolic rate scales with body mass.

Heat Loss

Q=hA(TskinTair)Q = hA(T_{skin} - T_{air})

Convective heat loss from body.

Variables

SymbolDescriptionUnit
QQHeat lossW
hhHeat transfer coefficientW/(m²·K)
AABody surface area

References