Engineering Physiology Bases of Human Factors Engineering/ Ergonomics /

• Main Authors: Kroemer, Karl H. E. (Author), Kroemer, Hiltrud J. (Author), Kroemer-Elbert, Katrin E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Edition: Fourth Edition.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Human physiology.; Structural mechanics.; Engineering design.; Biomedical engineering.; Engineering Design.; Biomedical Engineering.; Human Physiology.; Structural Mechanics.

How big are people nowadays? How far can we reach? How strongly can we push our pull? How does our body develop muscle strength? What are our work capabilities? How can we measure and judge them? How can we design equipment and tasks to make work easy and effective? These and other information are a...

Table of Contents:

• Skeletal Structures
• Muscles
• Neuromuscular Control
• Anthromechanics
• Respiration
• Circulation
• Metabolism
• Exercise and Work
• Thermal Environment
• Body Rhythms and Work Schedules
• Engineering Anthropometry.