Bioengineering, thermal physiology, and comfort /
Bioengineering, Thermal Physiology and Comfort.
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Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. ; Distribution for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier/North-Holland,
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Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; New York : New York : |
Publication Dates: | 1981. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Studies in environmental science ;
10 |
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Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/01661116/10 |
Summary: |
Bioengineering, Thermal Physiology and Comfort. |
Item Description: | Papers presented at a conference held. Sept. 4-7, 1978, at Karpacz, Poland, and sponsored by the Technical University of Wroc aw. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780444997616 044499761X 9780080874692 008087469X 1281985163 9781281985163 |
Index Number: | QP82 |
CLC: | Q41-53 |
Contents: | Front Cover; Bioengineering, Thermal Physiology and Comfort; Copyright Page; Contents; Symbols and Units; Part I: PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES AND MEASUREMENTS; Chapter 1. The physics of the microclimate; Chapter 2. Measurement of thermal balance of man; Chapter 3. Evaluating the effects of clothing on the wearer; Chapter 4. Human skin temperature and convective heat loss; Part II: MODELS AND INDICES OF HEAT EXCHANGE; Chapter 5. Rational temperature indices of thermal comfort; Chapter 6. Required sweat rate as an index of thermal strain in industry; Chapter 7. Modelling of heat transfer in man. |