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DTIC AD0645080: SILICONE SUBMERSION, A FEASIBILITY STUDY |
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by Defense Technical Information Center |
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The report details a study which demonstrated the |
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feasibility of maintaining men totally and continuously |
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submerged for five days by using silicone fluid in a |
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specially designed tank. Five submersions were tried, 3 |
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were in water for 6 hours for training purposes and 2 |
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were in silicone; one for 16 hours and the final run |
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which lasted a full five days (120 hours) with complete |
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submersion for about 60% of the time and head out |
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immersion for the remaining 40%. It was found that |
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silicone fluid can be used as a weightless simulation |
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medium in prolonged immersion and that subjects can be |
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kept free of skin irritation or maceration for long |
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periods of time if diligent quantity control of the fluid |
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is maintained. It was also found that long submersion |
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need not result in a negative water balance due to |
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diuresis. |
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Date Published: 2018-11-22 17:15:44 |
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Identifier: DTIC_AD0645080 |
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Item Size: 36938689 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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