EAN: 9783031004964

SYNTHESIS LECTURES ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING ...

Take one elephant and one man to the top of a tower and simultaneously drop. Which will hit the
ground first? You are a pilot of a jet fighter performing a high-speed loop. Will you pass out
during the maneuver? How can you simulate being an astronaut with your feet still firmly placed
on planet Earth? 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 theseideas  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. Table of Contents: General Concepts in Physics -
Definition of Physical Terms   The Effects of Hypergravity on Biomedical Experiments   The
Effects of Microgravity on Biomedical Experiments   References

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