Human thermal response with improved AVA modeling of the digits

• Published in: International journal of thermal sciences Vol. 67; pp. 41 - 52
• Main Authors: Karaki, Wafaa, Ghaddar, Nesreen, Ghali, Kamel, Kuklane, Kalev, Holmér, Ingvar, Vanggaard, Leif
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Masson SAS 01.05.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Arterio-venous anastomoses model; Biological and medical sciences; Biomechanics. Biorheology; Biothermics. Biomagnetism. Bioelectricity; Engineering and Technology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hand modeling; Human thermal model; Human thermal model arterio-venous anastomoses model hand modeling skin blood flow in the digits; Maskinteknik; Mechanical Engineering; Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics; Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi; Skin blood flow in the digits; Teknik; Tissues, organs and organisms biophysics; Human thermal model; Hand modeling; Arterio-venous anastomoses model; Skin blood flow in the digits; Peripheral blood circulation; Finger; Arteriovenous anastomosis; Hand; Modeling; Blood flow; Biothermics; Numerical simulation; Skin; Hemodynamics

The arterio-venous anastomoses (AVA) play a major role in the blood circulation in the peripheral body parts. In this work, the segmental bioheat model of Salloum et al. [1] is improved to accurately predict skin blood flow rate in the hands and fingers, and the local and overall human thermal respo...