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Investigating thermal cooling mechanisms of human body under exposure to electromagnetic radiation

Zhang, HH; Liu, Y; Xiong, XYZ; Shi, GM; Wang, CY; Sha, WEI; (2019) Investigating thermal cooling mechanisms of human body under exposure to electromagnetic radiation. IEEE Access , 7 pp. 9697-9703. 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2891696. Green open access

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Abstract

Thermal cooling mechanisms of human exposed to electromagnetic (EM) radiation are studied in detail. The EM and thermal co-simulation method is utilized to calculate the and temperature distributions. Moreover, Pennes’ bioheat equation is solved to understand different thermal cooling mechanisms, including blood flow, convective cooling, and radiative cooling separately or jointly. The numerical results demonstrate the characteristics and functions for each cooling mechanism. Different from the traditional view that the cooling effect of blood is usually reflected by its influence on sweat secretion and evaporation, this paper indicates that the blood flow itself is an important factor of thermal cooling, especially for high-intensity EM radiation. This paper contributes to the fundamental understanding of thermal cooling mechanisms of human.

Type: Article
Title: Investigating thermal cooling mechanisms of human body under exposure to electromagnetic radiation
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2891696
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2891696
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article published under the terms of the IEEE OA licence. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions
Keywords: Cooling, Blood, Skin, Mathematical model, Convection, Electromagnetics, Blood flow
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10066604
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