The Effects of Hypergravity and Microgravity on Biomedical Experiments (Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering) - Softcover

Russomano, Thais

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1598295780 ISBN 13: 9781598295788

Publisher: Morgan and Claypool Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

In the aerospace environment, human, animal, and plant physiology differs significantly from that on Earth, and this book provides reasons for some of these changes. The challenges encountered by pilots in their missions can have implications on the health and safety of not only themselves but others. Knowing the effects of hypergravity on the human body during high-speed flight led to the development of human centrifuges. We also need to better understand the physiological responses of living organisms in space. It is therefore necessary to simulate weightlessness through the use of specially adapted equipment, such as clinostats, tilt tables, and body suspension devices. Each of these ideas, and more, is addressed in this review of the physical concepts related to space flights, microgravity, and hypergravity simulations. Basic theories, such as Newton s law and Einstein s principle are explained, followed by a look at the biomedical effects of experiments performed in space life sciences institutes, universities, and space agencies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Morgan and Claypool Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598295780
• ISBN 13: 9781598295788
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 76