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Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications

Product ID: 99658
Supplementary Print
Undergraduate

Windchill (UMAP)

Author: William Bosch and L. G. Cobb


This module develops formulas for heat loss and wind chill in both metric and English units.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION

THE HEAT LOSS FORMULA

DISCUSSION OF THE HEAT LOSS FORMULA

THE LIMITING EFFECT OF WIND SPEED

CONVERTING TO OTHER UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

THE WINDCHILL INDEX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

MODEL EXAM

ANSWERS TO EXERCISES

ANSWERS TO MODEL EXAM

©1984 by COMAP, Inc.
UMAP Module
12 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Precalculus & Trigonometry

Application Areas:

Physical Sciences , Meteorology

Prerequisites:

Intermediate algebra skills; completing the square; graphing quadratic functions.

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