Stress of Hot Environments

Klappentext In this 1972 monograph, the problem of constructing an index of heat stress which encompasses all environmental heat indicators is examined. Zusammenfassung Air temperature alone is not an adequate indication of environmental warmth. Wind! sunshine and humidity are also important. In this 1972 monograph! the problem of constructing such a universal index of heat stress which encompasses all these factors is examined from a theoretical point of view. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Heat exchange with the environment; 2. Convection and evaporation; 3. Radiation; 4. The heat balance of sweating skin; 5. Clothing; 6. Respiration and insensible water loss; 7. Physiological responses; 8. Equivalent environments - steady state; 9. Indices of heat stress - steady state; 10. Heat stress and time; Appendices; References; Index.

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• Authors: D. M. Kerslake, D. McK Kerslake, D. Mck. Kerslake, Kerslake D. McK.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521279369
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27936-9
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Monographs of the Physiologica; Monographs of the Physiological Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; PHYSIOLOGY, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, MEDICAL / Physiology, Cellular biology (cytology)