Human Thermal Environments: The Effects of Hot, Moderate, and Cold Environments on Human Health, Comfort, and Performance, Third EditionCRC Press, 2014 M04 9 - 635 páginas In the ten years since the publication of the second edition of Human Thermal Environments: The Effects of Hot, Moderate, and Cold Environments on Human Health, Comfort, and Performance, Third Edition, the world has embraced electronic communications, making international collaboration almost instantaneous and global. However, there is still a need |
Contenido
Human Thermal Environments | 1 |
The Human Heat Balance Equation and the Thermal Audit | 33 |
Human Thermal Physiology and Thermoregulation | 59 |
Psychological Responses and Human Behaviour | 79 |
Measurement Methods and Assessment Techniques | 101 |
Dehydration and Water Requirements | 139 |
Thermal Models | 161 |
Metabolic Heat Production | 187 |
Heat Stress | 323 |
Cold Stress | 355 |
Thermal Environments and Human Performance | 387 |
Human Skin Contact with Hot Moderate and Cold Surfaces | 409 |
International Standards | 445 |
Weather Climate Change and Energy Use | 503 |
People in Extreme Heat and Cold Hypobaric and Hyperbaric Environments Water Space and Extreme Sport | 515 |
Appendix 1 | 533 |
The Thermal Properties of Clothing | 211 |
Testing and Developing Clothing | 235 |
Thermal Comfort | 257 |
Thermal Comfort for Special Environments | 291 |
Thermal Comfort for Special Populations | 307 |
Appendix 2 Human Psychrometrics | 539 |
World Wide Web Links to Useful Information Calculators Models and Tools | 543 |
References | 545 |
Back Cover | 585 |
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