Ergonomics : how to design for ease and efficiency / Katrin E. Kroemer Elbert, Henrike B. Kroemer, Anne D. Kroemer Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kroemer-Elbert, K. E. (Katrin E.), author.

Kroemer, H. B., author.

Hoffman, Anne D. Kroemer, author.

Contributor:

ScienceDirect (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface to the Third Edition; Using This Book; Easy Reading; Three sections of This Book; Three Ways to Use This Book; Introducing Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering; What Ergonomics Is; What Ergonomics Does; How Ergonomics Came About; Evolution of Disciplines; Directions in Europe; Directions in North America; Names for the Discipline: "Ergonomics" and "Human Factors"; Today's Ergonomic Knowledge Base; Goals Of Ergonomics; Ergonomics Defined; Section I

The Ergonomic Knowledge Base; Chapter 1

Size and Mobility of the Human Body; Overview.

1.1

Humans Spreading Over the Earth1.2

Anthropology and Anthropometry; 1.2.1

Measurement Techniques; 1.2.2

Body Posture during Measurements; 1.2.3

Body Measures; 1.2.4

Classical Measuring Techniques; 1.2.5

New Measurement Techniques; 1.3

Available Anthropometric Information; 1.3.1

Variability; 1.3.1.1

Measurement Variability; 1.3.1.2

Intraindividual Variability; 1.3.1.3

Interindividual Variability; 1.3.1.4

Secular Variations; 1.3.2

Population Samples; 1.4

Anthropometric Statistics; 1.5

Using Anthropometric Data; 1.6

Body Proportions; 1.6.1

Body Image.

1.6.2

"Desirable" Body Weight1.6.3

Body Mass Index; 1.7

Dealing with Statistics; 1.8

How to Obtain Missing Data; 1.9

"Fitting" Design Procedures; 1.9.1

Safe Distances; 1.10

Design Steps; 1.11

Chapter Summary; 1.12

Challenges; Notes; Chapter 2

Bones, Muscles, and Strength of the Human Body; Overview; 2.1

Understanding the Human Body; 2.2

The Skeletal System; 2.2.1

Bones; 2.2.2

Connective Tissues; 2.2.3

Joints; 2.2.3.1

Artificial Joints; 2.2.4

The Spinal Column; 2.2.5

The Hands; 2.3

Muscle; 2.3.1

Architecture of Skeletal Muscle.

2.3.2

Control of Muscle Contraction2.3.2.1

The Motor Unit; 2.3.3

Activation of the Motor Unit; 2.3.4

Muscle Fatigue; 2.3.4.1

Length-Strength Relationships; 2.4

Voluntary Strength; 2.4.1

Regulation of Strength Exertion; 2.4.2

Measuring Strength; 2.4.2.1

Practical Assessment of Human Strength; 2.4.2.2

The Strength Test Protocol; 2.5

Designing for Body Strength; 2.6

Chapter Summary; 2.7

Challenges; Notes; Chapter 3

How the Body Does Its Work; Overview; 3.1

Introduction1; 3.2

The Respiratory System; 3.2.1

Respiratory Volumes; 3.3

The Circulatory System.

3.3.1

Architecture of the Circulatory System3.3.2

Pathways of Blood; 3.3.3

Regulation of Circulation; 3.4

The Metabolic System; 3.4.1

Metabolism and Work; 3.4.2

Energy Transformation in the Body; 3.4.3

The Energy Pathways; 3.4.4

Foodstuffs; 3.4.4.1

Carbohydrates; 3.4.4.2

Fat; 3.4.4.3

Protein; 3.4.5

Stored Energy; 3.4.6

Energy Release; 3.4.7

Energy by ATP-ADP Conversion; 3.4.8

Muscular Work; 3.4.8.1

Aerobic and Anaerobic Metabolism; 3.4.9

Energy Use and Body Weight; 3.5

Energy Requirements at Rest and at Work; 3.5.1

Fatigue.

3.5.2

Assessing Energy Expenditures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780128132975

0128132973

Publisher Number:

99980094696

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