Ergonomic workstation conception guidelines

Overview

Engineering reference data for Ergonomic Workstation Design Guidelines in physiology.

Key Formulas

Basal Metabolic Rate

$BMR \propto M^{0.75}$

Kleiber's law — metabolic rate scales with body mass.

Heat Loss

$Q = hA(T_{skin} - T_{air})$

Convective heat loss from body.

Variables

References

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