Williams The New Frontier

Man's Survival in the Sky
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-2287-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Web PDF

The New Frontier: Man's Survival in the Sky outlines the cause, effects and possible cures for problems that involve flying. This book discusses the pressure of the atmosphere; incidence, cause, and prevention of decompression sickness; and altitude as a cause of anoxia. The failure of the pressure cabin, principles of protection from climatic stress, and conditioning of the aircraft cabin are also deliberated. This text likewise covers the measurement of the forces produced by flight, physiological mechanisms involved in positive 'g effects, and health and hygiene in air travel. This publication is intended for individuals interested in how man adapts to strange, new, and exciting environments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, K. G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;The New Frontier: Man's survival in the sky;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;INTRODUCTION;8
6;CHAPTER I. The Background;10
6.1;The Composition of the Atmosphere;10
6.2;The Pressure of the Atmosphere;12
6.3;Temperature and Altitude;13
6.4;The Radiation of the Sun;13
6.5;atmosphere.The Cosmic Rays and Meteoritic Particles.;14
7;CHAPTER II. When the Pressure Changes;16
7.1;Decompression Sickness.;18
7.2;Incidence, Cause and Prevention of Decompression Sickness.;20
7.3;Otitic and Sinus Barotrauma;21
7.4;Abdominal Distention and Pain;26
7.5;The Boiling of the Body Fluids;27
8;CHAPTER III. The Air too Thin to Breathe;28
9;CHAPTER IV. Protection from Low Pressure;38
9.1;The Pressure Cabin.;38
9.2;Failure of the Pressure Cabin—Rapid and Explosive Decompression;42
9.3;Personal Protective Equipment;44
9.4;Oxygen Systems;45
10;CHAPTER V. The Climatology of Flight, Basic Principles;56
10.1;The Control of Body Temperature.;57
10.2;The Limits of a Comfortable Environment.;60
10.3;Too Cold. The Zone of Body Cooling and Below;61
10.4;The Principles of Protection from Climatic Stress;63
10.5;Methods of Investigation;65
11;CHAPTER VI. The Climatology of Flight, Methods of Protection;66
11.1;The Conditioning of the Aircraft Cabin;67
11.2;Clothing—the Basic Principles;72
11.3;Normal Flying Clothing;73
11.4;Flying Clothing with a Special Function.;74
12;CHAPTER VII. Movement at Last;80
12.1;The Subjective Sensations of Movement;80
12.2;Velocity and Acceleration;82
12.3;The Measurement of the Forces Produced by Flight.;82
12.4;Further Classification of the Forces in Flight.;84
13;CHAPTER VIII. Accelerations of Long Duration;85
13.1;Radial Acceleration;85
13.2;The Physiological Mechanisms Involved in Positive 'g' Effects;89
13.3;The Importance of Positive ;91
13.4;Protection from Positive 'g';92
14;CHAPTER IX. Less than One Second;99
14.1;The Upper Limit to Forces of Short Duration;99
14.2;Protection in Accidents;101
14.3;Emergency Escape.;103
14.4;Parachutes.;103
14.5;Ejection Seats;105
14.6;Low Level Ejection;108
14.7;High Altitude Ejection;108
14.8;High Speed Ejection;109
15;CHAPTER X. Sources of Information;111
15.1;Vision and the Eye;112
15.2;Equilibration.;114
15.3;Hearing.;117
15.4;Touch, Smell and Taste.;118
15.5;Equilibration in the Air;121
15.6;Sounds and Noise;124
15.7;The Toxicology of Flight.;125
16;CHAPTER XI. Central Control;127
16.1;The Basic System;127
16.2;The Problem of the Input;128
16.3;Power Assistance;130
16.4;The Addition of Computers.;131
16.5;Man versus Automatic Control.;132
16.6;Prevention of Fatigue;135
16.7;Selection of the Man.;136
16.8;The Teamwork of Flying.;136
17;CHAPTER XII. Designing for the Man;140
17.1;General Considerations.;141
17.2;Instrumentation and Other Sources of Information;143
17.3;Controls and Control Systems;146
17.4;Personal Equipment;148
18;CHAPTER XIII. Special Problems of Passenger Transportation;152
18.1;Maintaining the Environment;152
18.2;Care and Contentment;153
18.3;Accelerations and Motion Sickness;154
18.4;Health and Hygiene in air travel.;155
18.5;Transportation of the Sick. Casualty Evacuation;157
18.6;The Future.;158
19;CHAPTER XIV. Into Space;160
19.1;Escape Velocity;160
19.2;Weightlessness.;160
19.3;Conditioning the Cabin.;161
19.4;Cosmic Rays and Meteorites;162
19.5;Space Suits.;163
19.6;Re-entry and Escape;164
19.7;Man and the Control System.;165
19.8;The Psychological Dangers.;166
20;CONCLUSION;167
21;INDEX;168