The role of contact resistance in skin burns.
Analytical predictions of temperature-time histories of skin contacts with a number of materials are presented. Comparison with available experimental results show that correlations are much improved if a contact resistance is included in the analysis. Some simple experiments are also presented which indicate that the contact resistance between skin and a hard surface for a moderate contact pressure is of the order of 1000 W/m2K.
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002056:Burns / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008670:Metals; D008954:Models, Biological; D010146:Pain / Q000502:physiology; D011312:Pressure; D012867:Skin / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*
D008670:Metals