Life Support Systems Design: Diving and Hyperbaric Applications
- ISBN-10
- 0692604022
- ISBN-13
- 9780692604021
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-12-30
- Authors
- Marshall L Nuckols Ph D, Marshall Nuckols, Ace J Sarich P E
Description
An interdisciplinary field of study, underwater life support systems design requires the application of engineering principles with a knowledge of human physiology. Specifically, the study of life support systems design should have a strong background in the following areas:* human physiology related to respiration and the thermo-regulatory system* underwater physics including the interrelationship of pressure and temperature to gas volumes, their properties, and their solution in other materials* the chemistry involved in the absorption of gas constituents including carbon dioxide and other toxic contaminants* decompression theory required to predict the safe exposures to elevated pressure environments* pressure vessel design including design methods for exposures to both external and internal pressures* heat transfer including conduction, convection, and radiation modes* fluid dynamics involved in hydrostatic pressures and pipe flow* psychrometry at elevated pressures required to maintain adequate moisture levels in cabin environments
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- 1996
- 295 pages
- Paperback
- Pearson Learning Solutions