Thermodynamic model for cold water survival.
A thermodynamic heat flow model for the human body gives survival time as a function of water temperature, assuming constant specific heat and thermal conductance.
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, Del Mar 92014, USA. wvandorn@ucsd.edu
D000059:Accidents; D003080:Cold Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007101:Immersion; D008954:Models, Biological; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012623:Seawater; D017741:Survivors; D013816:Thermodynamics