D. McK Kerslake

The Stress of Hot Environments

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this 1972 monograph, the problem of constructing an index of heat stress which encompasses all environmental heat indicators is examined.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9780521279369
• ISBN-10: 0521279364
• Artikelnr.: 33610058

Inhaltsangabe

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.