Human Thermal Environments
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Human Thermal Environments

The Effects of Hot, Moderate, and Cold Environments on Human Health, Comfort, and Performance, Third Edition

  1. 635 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Human Thermal Environments

The Effects of Hot, Moderate, and Cold Environments on Human Health, Comfort, and Performance, Third Edition

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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

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface to the Third Edition
  7. Preface to the Second Edition
  8. Preface to the First Edition
  9. Acknowledgements to the Third Edition
  10. Acknowledgements to the Second Edition
  11. Acknowledgements to the First Edition
  12. Author
  13. List of Notations
  14. Chapter 1 Human Thermal Environments
  15. Chapter 2 The Human Heat Balance Equation and the Thermal Audit
  16. Chapter 3 Human Thermal Physiology and Thermoregulation
  17. Chapter 4 Psychological Responses and Human Behaviour
  18. Chapter 5 Measurement Methods and Assessment Techniques
  19. Chapter 6 Dehydration and Water Requirements
  20. Chapter 7 Thermal Models
  21. Chapter 8 Metabolic Heat Production
  22. Chapter 9 The Thermal Properties of Clothing
  23. Chapter 10 Testing and Developing Clothing
  24. Chapter 11 Thermal Comfort
  25. Chapter 12 Thermal Comfort for Special Environments
  26. Chapter 13 Thermal Comfort for Special Populations
  27. Chapter 14 Heat Stress
  28. Chapter 15 Cold Stress
  29. Chapter 16 Thermal Environments and Human Performance
  30. Chapter 17 Human Skin Contact with Hot, Moderate and Cold Surfaces
  31. Chapter 18 International Standards
  32. Chapter 19 Weather, Climate Change and Energy Use
  33. Chapter 20 People in Extreme Heat and Cold, Hypobaric and Hyperbaric Environments, Water, Space and Extreme Sport
  34. Appendix 1
  35. Appendix 2
  36. Appendix 3
  37. References
  38. Index