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Met metabolic rate

Reference data et engineering information about met metabolic rate pour physiology applications.

metmetabolicrate

Overview

Engineering reference data for Met Metabolic Rate 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