Cooling rates of dummies under various degrees of air humidity, wind speed and air temperature

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dc.contributor.advisorMartin, Lornaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMfolozi, Siphoen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-28T08:14:05Z
dc.date.available2014-07-28T08:14:05Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
dc.description.abstractHenssge observed that even a slight but permanent air movement accelerates cooling of a naked body significantly. However in those experimental studies the rate of air movement was not quantified. Today Henssge’s Nomogram method of thermometric thanatochronometry (mathematic estimation of the post-mortem interval using body temperature measurements) is used the world over and utilises various corrective factors for naked and clothed bodies in still/moving air. The purpose of this research was to correlate measured air flow rates (wind speed) and measured relative air humidity levels (RH) with post-mortem cooling rate in order to formulate appropriate corrective factors to be used with Henssge’s Nomogram. The effect of air flow rates and air humidity on the post-mortem cooling curve was studied within a range of air temperatures using gel-based models (Cooling Dummies) as substitutes for human bodies.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMfolozi, S. (2013). <i>Cooling rates of dummies under various degrees of air humidity, wind speed and air temperature</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Chemical Pathology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2697en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMfolozi, Sipho. <i>"Cooling rates of dummies under various degrees of air humidity, wind speed and air temperature."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Chemical Pathology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2697en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMfolozi, S. 2013. Cooling rates of dummies under various degrees of air humidity, wind speed and air temperature. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mfolozi, Sipho AB - Henssge observed that even a slight but permanent air movement accelerates cooling of a naked body significantly. However in those experimental studies the rate of air movement was not quantified. Today Henssge’s Nomogram method of thermometric thanatochronometry (mathematic estimation of the post-mortem interval using body temperature measurements) is used the world over and utilises various corrective factors for naked and clothed bodies in still/moving air. The purpose of this research was to correlate measured air flow rates (wind speed) and measured relative air humidity levels (RH) with post-mortem cooling rate in order to formulate appropriate corrective factors to be used with Henssge’s Nomogram. The effect of air flow rates and air humidity on the post-mortem cooling curve was studied within a range of air temperatures using gel-based models (Cooling Dummies) as substitutes for human bodies. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Cooling rates of dummies under various degrees of air humidity, wind speed and air temperature TI - Cooling rates of dummies under various degrees of air humidity, wind speed and air temperature UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2697 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/2697
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMfolozi S. Cooling rates of dummies under various degrees of air humidity, wind speed and air temperature. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Chemical Pathology, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2697en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDivision of Chemical Pathologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPathologyen_ZA
dc.titleCooling rates of dummies under various degrees of air humidity, wind speed and air temperatureen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMMeden_ZA
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