A STUDY OF EFFECT OF COCKPIT NEAT STRESS ON PILOT THERMAL STRAIN

This paper considers the effect of cockpit heat stress on pilot therma l strain. Data were collected from 25 flights of an aircraft at CFTE. The inter-relations between parameters were gained through linear regr ession analyses. The effects of meteorological condition, flight state , the operating state of the environmental control system of the aircr aft and cockpit initial temperature on cockpit heat stress are studied , first. Then, the effects of pilot surrounding temperature, pilot ind ividual physiological characteristics and cockpit humidity on pilot sk in temperature and sweat rate are also studied in the paper.