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| Title: | Endurance Time in the Self-Contained Toxic Environment Protective Outfit (STEPO) with Personal Ice-Cooled Microclimate Cooling System (PICS) in Three Environments. |
| Authors: | Levine, L
Cadarette, BS
Kolka, MA |
| Keywords: | COOLING AND VENTILATING EQUIPMENT
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
TOXICITY
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
WALKING
SELF CONTAINED
ENDURANCE(PHYSIOLOGY)
TREADMILLS
COOLING GARMENT
HEAT STRAIN
STEPO(SELF CONTAINED TOXIC ENVIRONMENT PROTECTIVE OUTFIT)
STEPO |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Publisher: | ARMY RESEARCH INST OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE NATICK MA THERMAL AND MOUNTAIN MEDICINE DIVISION |
| Citation: | ADA414499 |
| Abstract: | This study of the Self-Contained Toxic Environment Protective Ouffit (STEPO) with the Personal Ice-Cooled Microclimate Cooling System (PICS) in three environments was conducted in September 2002 at the request of Project Manager - Soldier Systems, Product Manager- Soldier Equipment (PM-Soldier), Ft. Belvoir, VA. PM-Soldier was addressing the needs of the STEPO/PICS users for guidance on work times up to 4 hours. A 1999 study of this STEPO/PICS system demonstrated that 4-hr work times were not safe for workers in a 38 deg C (100 deg F) environment. Using the same testing format of repeated cycles of 10 min rest and 20 min of treadmill walking, eliciting an overall moderate energy cost of 300-350 Watts, this study looked at the system in three less stressful environments: HOT 32.2 deg C (90 deg F) / 30% rh MODERATE 23.9 deg C (75 deg F) /40% rh, and COOL 15.6 deg C (60 deg F) / 50% rh, to ascertain endurance times in each of these environments. |
| Description: | Citation Status: Active; Citation Classification: Unclassified; Title Classification: Unclassified; Report Classification: Unclassified; Identifier Classification: Unclassified; Abstract Classification: Unclassified; Distribution Limitation(s): 01 - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE; Information provided by the Department of Defense and the Defense Technical Information Center (http://www.dtic.mil/) is considered public information and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise specified. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested. |
| Gov't Doc # : | ADA414499
USARIEM-TR-T03-13 |
| URI: | http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/7609 |
| Appears in Collections: | Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM)
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