Test protocol validation for thermal environment and cognitive performance

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2013

Authors

Emília Rosa Quelhas Moreira Da Costa (Author) FEUP; João Santos Baptista (Author) FEUP; Daniela Couto (Author) FEUP; José Castela Costa (Author) FEUP; Miguel Tato Diogo (Author) FEUP; Pedro Almeida (Author) Other; Pedro Chaves (Author) Other; Jorge Manuel C. Machado de Carvalho (Author) FEUP; Rui Oliveira (Author) FEUP

Book

Title: Recent Advances in Integrity, Reliability and Failure

Pages: 667-668

ISBN: 978-972-8826-27-7

Publisher: Edições INEGI

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Technology > Safety technology

Other information

Abstract (EN): Heat exposure may change cognitive performance. An excessive mental load, combined with high temperature and humidity can lead rapidly to a state of fatigue. This study aims to validate a test protocol to evaluate the evolution of the fatigue with the variation of temperature and humidity. For protocol validation, tests were performed in order to verify the reproducibility of the results. It was obtained a validated protocol that ensures the desired results. It is expected that it will be a tool to predict fatigue in the workplace caused by different conditions of temperature and humidity.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific