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ISSN Online: 2377-424X

ISBN Print: 0-89116-130-9

International Heat Transfer Conference 6
August, 7-11, 1978, Toronto, Canada

SIMULATION OF THEEMOPHYSICAL PROCESSES AT MUSCLES CONTRACTION

Get access (open in a dialog) DOI: 10.1615/IHTC6.2690
pages 61-64

Abstract

In the works available on heat transfer in biological systems the thermal model of the object has as a rule the form of energy equation and some boundary conditions. Such important model parameters as metabolic heat generation, heat losses at the expense of moisture diffusion and perspiration, which are included into the equation are set apriori as physiological data. It is however known that in the contracting muscle there is distinguishable interaction between these parameters which is not reflected by the model mentioned above. Separate study of individual parameters of thermal behaviour model does not give an idea about the mechanism of their interaction. Proceeding from the concept of the most significant parameters of the phenomenon and the interaction existance, the mathematical model of the muscle contraction thermophysics has been formulated. This model is a system of equations which reflects the relation between thermal phenomena in the muscle and combination of chemical and biomechanical effects. The problem solution for temperature distribution in two-layer biothermal model in the simplified formulation is presented. The solution is obtained in the approximation of metabolic heat generation linear dependence on temperature and at the given function of heat flux.