Human Thermoregulation Model for Estimating Thermal Protection Performance of Anti-G Garments

The body temperature of pilots wearing anti-G garments becomes uncomfortably or even dangerously high in moderate to hot environments.To reduce the body heat stress,thermal characteristics and thermal protection performance of anti-G garments should be studied systematically,but up to now there is no related research to simulate the anti-G garment thermal protection performance.First,a human thermoregulation model is established which can analyze blood convective heat exchange and the central blood temperature fluctuation,according to this model the heat and mass transfer processes of a thermal system are simulated which consists of human body,an anti-G garment,and the surrounding environment,then on the base of this thermal system simulation influences of clothing permeability,thermal resistance and bladder coverage on anti-G garments are analyzed.Calculation of the human thermoregulation model is carried out by using finite element method.Experiments are conducted in 35 ℃ and 40 ℃ climate chambers,and model built above is well validated by these experiments.Model simulation reveals that low thermal resistance and high permeability of anti-G garments reduce body heat stress in moderate environments.In hot environments,however,anti-G garments with lower thermal resistance increase body heat stress.The body heat stress rises significantly as the bladder coverage area of anti-G garments increases.Anti-G garments thermal parameters can be appropriately designed by using the model built in this paper to ensure body physiological requirements.