Brown Physiology of Man in Space

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-2583-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 362 Seiten, Web PDF

Physiology of Man in Space describes the physiological responses of man under the extremes of space flight. This book is composed of eight chapters that specifically examine the physiological responses of astronaut under zero gravity conditions. The introductory chapter demonstrates how human neuromuscular system can withstand the stresses of short-term space travel. The succeeding chapters describe human responses under space acceleration stress. These topics are followed by discussions on human stress tolerance capacity; psychological aspects of space flight; instrumentation in biomedical capsules in space flight; and the phenomenon of space weightlessness. The final chapter deals with the impact of the environment on the man and the impact that the man has on the environment, including environmental, metabolic, and waste removal parameters. This book is of value to space scientists and researchers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, J. H. U.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Physiology of Man in Space;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;10
5;Contributors;6
6;Preface;8
7;Chapter 1.
Neuromuscular aspects of space travel;16
7.1;I.
Muscles;16
7.2;II.
Muscular Stresses in Space Flight;30
7.3;III.
Conclusions;71
7.4;REFERENCES;73
8;Chapter 2.
Acceleration;76
8.1;I. The Human Centrifuge;78
8.2;II. Subjective Sensations of Acceleration;80
8.3;III. Objective Changes during Headword Acceleration;83
8.4;IV. Footward Acceleration;101
8.5;V. Acceleration Perpendicular to the Long Axis of the Body (Forward, Backward, and Lateral);103
8.6;VI. Methods of Protection against the Effects of Acceleration;108
8.7;VII.
Angular Acceleration;124
8.8;ACKNOWLEDGMENT;125
8.9;REFERENCES;125
9;Chapter 3.
Stress;128
9.1;I.
Stressors, Stress, and Disease;129
9.2;II. Stress in Orbital and Space Flight;135
9.3;III.
The Pathological Effects of Stress;151
9.4;IV. Summary;159
9.5;REFERENCES;160
10;Chapter 4.
Human tolerances;164
10.1;I. Psychophysiological Stress;166
10.2;II. Tolerance for Gravitational Forces;167
10.3;III. The Psychophysiological Problem of Hyperventilation;168
10.4;IV. High Altitude Tolerance;170
10.5;V. Dysbarism or Decompression Sickness;177
10.6;VI. Tolerance for Hypercapnia;177
10.7;VII. Tolerance for Temperature Extremes;179
10.8;VIII. Tolerance for Physical Work;180
10.9;REFERENCES;186
11;Chapter 5.
Psychological aspects of space flight;188
11.1;I. Psychological Requirements for Man in Space;190
11.2;II. Sensing and Perceiving;195
11.3;III. Perceptual and Motor Skill Performance;209
11.4;IV. Cognitive Processes and Other Higher Mental Abilities;229
11.5;V. Personality and Emotional Behavior;238
11.6;VI. Psychological Conditioning and Training;252
11.7;VII. Psychological Aspects of Astronaut Selection;260
11.8;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;264
11.9;REFERENCES;264
12;Chapter 6.
Biomedicai capsules;272
12.1;I. Experiments in Design;272
12.2;II. Design Criteria;295
12.3;REFERENCES;299
13;Chapter 7.
Space flight dynamics—weightlessness;302
13.1;I. Background;303
13.2;II. History;304
13.3;III.
Methods of Studying Weightlessness;306
13.4;IV. Studies in Weightlessness;310
13.5;V. Summary and Conclusions;320
13.6;REFERENCES;322
14;Chapter 8.
Ecological systems;324
14.1;I. Atmospheric Requirements of Man in Space;325
14.2;II. Waste Removal and/or Storage;336
14.3;III. Solutions to Man's Atmospheric Requirements;338
14.4;IV. Biological Regenerative Systems;342
14.5;V. Ground-Based Simulators;343
14.6;REFERENCES;347
15;Author Index;350
16;Subject Index;358