Open AccessThe study of thermal processes of the skin of the object of the whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) using numerical analysis
Author(s) -
D. Yerezhep,
A. Minikaev,
D. V. Zhignovskaia,
V. A. Pronin,
A. Yerezhep
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/826/1/012018
Subject(s) - work (physics) , heat transfer , cryotherapy , mechanics , object (grammar) , mechanical engineering , thermal , flow (mathematics) , range (aeronautics) , field (mathematics) , geometry , computer science , simulation , materials science , physics , thermodynamics , engineering , mathematics , aerospace engineering , surgery , medicine , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics
The work investigated the thermophysical processes occurring in the cryosauna during cryotherapeutic effects on the human body. Experimental studies in the field of the whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) are complex, since studies are necessary in such a wide range of environmental parameters as phase state, temperature, heat flux density, gas flow velocity in the cryosauna. One of the solutions to this problem is the development of computer models of the processes of heat transfer of a biological object in a cryosauna, allowing a wide range of studies to be carried out without human experiments. In this paper, we analyze a modification of the design of a cryochamber with a biological object. In this work, several types of computer models will be created, the models of which vary depending on the geometry of the wall of the cryosauna chamber from 90 to 85 degrees. The paper will show how much it is necessary to pay attention to the geometry of the cryosauna and work on the modification of the geometry. This work shows that when the geometry of the wall of the cryosauna was changed, it turned out that it smoothed the temperature distribution along the length of the object, which, in turn, will positively affect further research in this area. The results can be applied to optimize the supply of cryogenic gas in saunas, further geometry modernization, as well as to increase the efficiency and safety of the WBC process.