Aeronautical engineering

Human factors in aerospace includes the effects of the aerospace environment on human physiology. This module provides the basics knowledge to study the effects of aerospace flight on the human body. The module addresses both aviation and spaceflight physiology. Aviation physiology includes aspects such as hypoxia, barotrauma, decompression sickness, biodynamics (acceleration, spatial disorientation, motion sickness, simulator sickness), night vision problems, thermal stress, noise and vibration, lifestyle. Human spaceflight physiology includes aspects such as microgravity effects, space adaptation syndrome, cardiovascular response, bone and muscle response, radiation effects in space, space hygiene, space nutrition, suborbital and parabolic flight. Learning objectives After completing this course, the student will be able to: • Understand the impact of the aerospace environment on human physiology. • Analyze the physiological responses to hypoxia, barotrauma, and decompression sickness. • Understand the challenges and adaptations related to biodynamics. • Appraise the impact of night vision problems, thermal stress, noise, vibration, and lifestyle factors on human physiology. • Gain insights into the effects of microgravity on the human body. • Explore the phenomenon of space adaptation syndrome for human space travelers. • Understand the cardiovascular responses to spaceflight conditions. • Explore the effects of radiation in space on human health. • Investigate space hygiene considerations relevance to prolonged space missions. • Understand the importance of space nutrition for sustaining astronaut health.