Pulling G Human Responses to High and Low Gravity /

• Main Author: Seedhouse, Erik. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Biochemistry.; Astronomy.; Astronautics.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Medical Biochemistry.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3030-8

Formula 1 racing drivers, figher pilots, astronauts - G forces are an integral part of their lives - How do racing drivers sustain high G loads and not pass out? - What accelerative forces are unleashed when a fighter pilot ejects from a high-performance jet? - What is it like being launched into sp...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• List of figures
• List of tables
• List of abbreviations and acronyms
• Chapter 1: Project MX981
• Chapter 2: To black out or not to black out
• Chapter 3: The wobblies
• Chapter 4: The G machine
• Chapter 5: Formula One
• Chapter 6: Punching out
• Chapter 7: Launch and re-entry
• Chapter 8: Microgravity
• Chapter 9: Artificial gravity
• Index.