Research Catalog
Human thermal environments
- Title
- Human thermal environments / K.C. Parsons.
- Author
- Parsons, K. C. (Kenneth C.), 1953-
- Publication
- London ; Bristol, PA : Taylor & Francis, c1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Request in advance | QP82.2.T4 P38 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 359 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-352) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Human thermal environments -- Ch. 2. Human thermal physiology and thermoregulation -- Ch. 3. Psychological responses -- Ch. 4. Measurement methods and assessment techniques -- Ch. 5. Metabolic heat production -- Ch. 6. The thermal properties of clothing -- Ch. 7. Thermal comfort -- Ch. 8. Heat stress -- Ch. 9. Cold stress -- Ch. 10. Interference with activities, performance and productivity -- Ch. 11. Human skin contact with hot surfaces -- Ch. 12. International Standards -- Ch. 13. Thermal models and computer aided design -- Appendix 1. Fundamentals of heat transfer -- Appendix 2. Computer program listings for the assessment of heat stress, thermal comfort and cold stress.
- ISBN
- 0748400400
- 0748400419 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 93020570
- OCLC
- 28067291
- ocm28067291
- SCSB-4727247
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries