ABSTRACT

Environments are assessed and environmental limits defined often only in terms of air temperature, which is insufficient; in most situations the interaction of air temperature with five other factors - radiant temperature; humidity; air movement; activity-generated metabolic heat; and clothing is central to that environment's evaluation.; In this b

chapter 1|28 pages

Human thermal environments

chapter 3|22 pages

Psychological responses

chapter 4|22 pages

Dehydration and water requirements

chapter 6|26 pages

Metabolic heat production

chapter 7|39 pages

The thermal properties of clothing

chapter 8|34 pages

Thermal comfort

chapter 10|37 pages

Heat stress

chapter 11|32 pages

Cold stress

chapter 14|51 pages

International Standards

chapter 15|42 pages

Thermal models and computer aided design