| Document ID (ISN) | 64385 |
| CIS number |
95-1101 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0095-6562 - Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
1995 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Van Liew H.D., Burkard M.E. |
| Title |
Simulation of gas bubbles in hypobaric decompressions - Roles of O2, CO2 and H2O |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan. 1995, Vol.66, No.1, p.50-55. 14 ref. |
| Abstract |
A study was carried out to gain insight into the special features of bubbles that may form in aviators and astronauts. The growth and decay of bubbles was simulated in two hypobaric decompressions and a hyperbaric one by using a system of equations. The constancy of partial pressures of metabolic gases, unimportant in hyperbaric decompressions, affects bubble size in hypobaric decompressions in inverse relation to the exposure pressure. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
bubble formation; decompression sickness |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
hyperbaric pressure; negative pressure; space travel; mathematical models; air transport |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Hyperbaric pressure
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