Numerical analysis of heat transfer in human head
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract
An investigation of heat transfer in human head is carried out by using finite element method. The head is modeled with different tissues having varying physical properties. The current work is focused to simulate the effect of various physical and geometrical parameters such as ambient temperature, heat transfer coefficient and variation in the thickness of different tissue layers of human head. The effect of presence of hair on human head is also investigated. It is found that the deep brain temperature remains almost constant whereas a small variation occurs in the other layers with respect to varying environmental and geometrical parameters. © 2019, KSME & Springer.
Keywords
Ansys, Hair, Heat transfer, Human head
Divisions
fac_eng
Funders
Deanship of scientific research at King Khalid University for funding this work through research groups program under grant number (R.G.P. 1/58/39)
Publication Title
Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
Volume
33
Issue
7
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)