Heels 1976
Discussion
Discussion
The quantities L, F, w and a are positive and real. They have been studied to a limited extent. For L≤Lc (critical total mass loss) for unarmoured trampers (Lc ÷ 20 grams), much of this loss is composed of neutral blood and body tissue. To the writer's knowledge, no reports of bone damage have been authenticated. Thus L is approximately equal to L* and
is approximately equal to F. However, trampers immersed in leatherwood fields have often been observed to have their hair standing on end. This is attributed to static electricity resulting from the removal of electrons from their bodies. Therefore F does not equal zero during LTI. For L > Lc hysteria usually occurs within a very few grams and results become inconclusive at this stage. This hysteria is presumably partly due to high charge density.
For naked trampers a is equal to unity. It decreases with increasing armour but reverts to unity when armour failure occurs after prolonged LTI. Both Lc and F increase with increasing armour.
The quantity w depends on the state of the leatherwood, but is relatively constant over a wide range of conditions. w seems to reach a maximum in old, leafless, thinly ice-glazed leatherwood fields.
L, F, w and a are effectively independent of the actual tramper. However, theoretically at least, F will increase slightly for weatherbeaten, thick-skinned trampers. Thus for different similarly-clad trampers in the same type of leatherwood field;
Q = constant. DSd.