Human Temperature Control
A Quantitative Approach
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Beschreibung
The principal objective of this book is to provide information needed to define human thermal behavior quantitatively. Human thermal physiology is defined using mathematical methods routinely employed by physicists and engineers, but seldom used by physiologists. Major sections of the book are devoted to blood flow, sweating, shivering, heat transfer within the body, and heat and mass transfer from skin and clothing to the environment. Simple algebraic models based on experimental data from a century of physiological investigation are developed for bodily processes. The book offers an invaluable source of information for physiologists and physical scientists interested in quantitative approaches to the fascinating field of human thermoregulation.
The principal objective of this book is to provide information needed to define human thermal behavior quantitatively. Human thermal physiology is defined using mathematical methods routinely employed by physicists and engineers, but seldom used by physiologists. Major sections of the book are devoted to blood flow, sweating, shivering, heat transfer within the body, and heat and mass transfer from skin and clothing to the environment. Simple algebraic models based on experimental data from a century of physiological investigation are developed for bodily processes. The book offers an invaluable source of information for physiologists and physical scientists interested in quantitative approaches to the fascinating field of human thermoregulation.
Provides a concise summary and interpretation of the key literature on physical and physiological factors relevant to human thermoregulation Sheds new light on various aspects of human temperature control Enables the reader to develop a mathematical model of the human thermal system
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Eugene H. Wissler
Themen in »Human Temperature Control«
Conduction Heat transfer Human thermal modeling Mass transfer Temperature Distribution Thermoregulation Human thermal behavior biochemical engineering