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Discomfort index

Reference data и engineering information about discomfort index для physiology applications.

discomfortindex

Overview

Engineering reference data for Discomfort Index 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