title: A simulation study on +Gz protection afforded by extended coverage anti-G suits.
abstract: Computer simulation studies using our newly developed mathematical model of human cardiovascular (CV) system were performed to investigate the effect of bladder coverage and inflation schedule of anti-G suit on G protection and CV response. The simulation results agree well with centrifuge experiments. The study demonstrates that additional +Gz protection provided by the extension of the bladder coverage depends mainly upon the pressure transmission efficiency to the underlying tissues and vessels. Although G tolerance increases clearly with the increase of suit inflation schedule, the tendency of increase seems slower when inflation schedule becomes higher than 10 kPa/G.
authors.affiliation: Electrical Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005676:Gravity Suits; D006801:Humans; D018471:Hypergravity; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D011312:Pressure; D015203:Reproducibility of Results