| ISBN13: | 9781032503325 |
| ISBN10: | 1032503327 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 302 pages |
| Size: | 234x156 mm |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 51 Illustrations, black & white; 5 Halftones, black & white; 46 Line drawings, black & white; 23 Tables, black & white |
| 700 |
Environmental Ergonomics: Principles, Methods, and Applications
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Environmental Ergonomics: Principles, Methods, and Applications provides the philosophy, principles and application of environmental ergonomics as a universal concept and considers total environments as an integration of environmental factors to which people are exposed.
Environmental Ergonomics: Principles, Methods, and Applications provides the philosophy, principles and application of environmental ergonomics as a universal concept and considers total environments as an integration of environmental factors to which people are exposed.
The book develops the definition of environmental ergonomics and presents the principles, methods and application of knowledge in the areas of human response to heat and cold, sound, vibration, light and air quality and addresses diverse environments and people. The title explains the effects of the environment on the health, comfort and performance of people for all environmental components, introduces environmental ergonomics as a universal subject and offers general principles and methods for measuring and representing the environment and its effects. A wide range of case studies demonstrates the application of the subject for all environmental components and for integrated environments. Special environments such as vehicles and unique populations such as people with disabilities, are considered in the book. The title concludes with an in-depth understanding of total environments with a description of how to conduct an environmental survey and a case study.
An ideal read for any professional or student interested in environmental ergonomics, including systems engineers, civil engineers, HVAC engineers and building services engineers. The title will help any reader develop a thorough understanding of the effects of the environment on the health, comfort and performance of people.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Part 1: Environmental Ergonomics
Chapter 1: Environmental Ergonomics
Chapter 2. Measuring the environment
Chapter 3. Measuring and predicting human response to the environment
Part 2: Thermal Environments
Chapter 4. Environmental ergonomics and the assessment of the thermal environment
Chapter 5. Case study - thermal comfort in an open plan office
Chapter 6. Case study ? The avoidance of heat casualties in special forces selection trials
Chapter 7. Case study ? Environmental ergonomics survey of a cold store
Part 3: Environmental Ergonomics and the assessment of noise and the acoustic environment
Chapter 8. Human response to the acoustic environment
Chapter 9. Case study ? An environmental ergonomics survey of noise in a paper mill
Chapter 10. Noise annoyance
Chapter 11. Case study ? Environmental ergonomics survey of noise in a call centre in a large open plan office
Part 4: Vibration
Chapter 12. Human response to whole-body vibration
Chapter 13: Case study: Assessment of vibration ride quality in a petrol and electric car
Chapter 14. Case study ? Assessment of vibration in an office
Chapter 15. Human response to holding a vibrating object
Chapter 16. Case study ? Assessment of vibration at work in a dockyard involving vibrating tools
Part 5: Environmental Ergonomics, Light and the visual environment
Chapter 17. Human response to light
Chapter 18. Case study - Environmental ergonomics lighting survey of an open plan office
Part 6: Environmental Ergonomics and Air Quality
Chapter 19. Air Quality
Chapter 20. Case study ? Environmental Ergonomics assessment of air quality in a university dining Hall.
Part 7: Environmental Ergonomics for diverse environments and diverse populations
Chapter 21. Environmental Ergonomics in diverse environments
Chapter 22. Environmental Ergonomics, Individual differences and diverse populations
Part 8: Environmental Ergonomics and integrated environments
Chapter 23 Integrated environments
Chapter 24 Case study - An integrated environmental ergonomics assessment of a ?gold-standard? office.
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Appendix 5
Appendix 6
Appendix 7
Appendix 8
Appendix 9
Appendix 10
Appendix 11
Appendix 12
References
Index
