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Space suit thermal dynamics
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Lin, Chin H. Miles, John B. Nair, Satish S. Iovine, John V. Campbell, Anthony B. |
| Copyright Year | 1998 |
| Description | The present NASA space suit (the Shuttle EMU) is a self-contained environmental control system, providing life support, environmental protection, earth-like mobility, and communications. This study considers the thermal dynamics of the space suit as they relate to astronaut thermal comfort control. A detailed dynamic lumped capacitance thermal model of the present space suit is used to analyze the thermal dynamics of the suit with observations verified using experimental and flight data. Prior to using the model to define performance characteristics and limitations for the space suit, the model is first evaluated and improved. This evaluation includes determining the effect of various model parameters on model performance and quantifying various temperature prediction errors in terms of heat transfer and heat storage. The observations from this study are being utilized in two future design efforts, automatic thermal comfort control design for the present space suit and design of future space suit systems for Space Station, Lunar, and Martian missions. |
| File Size | 1446177 |
| Page Count | 32 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20000081742 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8pc7xk89 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1998-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Man/system Technology And Life Support Life Support Systems Thermal Comfort Performance Tests Thermal Environments Automatic Control Dynamic Models Thermal Fatigue Astronauts Extravehicular Activity Temperature Control Heat Transfer Extravehicular Mobility Units Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |