Human Temperature Control : A Quantitative Approach / by Eugene H. Wissler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wissler, Eugene H., author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human physiology.

Thermodynamics.

Biochemical engineering.

Neurosciences.

Human Physiology.

Biochemical Engineering.

Local Subjects:

Human Physiology.

Thermodynamics.

Biochemical Engineering.

Neurosciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 425 pages) : 165 illustrations, 30 illustrations in color

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2018.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Animal Heat and Thermal Regulation

Conservation of Energy

Temperature Measurement

Circulation

Sweating

Shivering

Temperature Distribution in the Body

Clothing

Heat and Mass Transfer from the Skin and Clothing. .

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-662-57397-6

9783662573976

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.