Convective and radiative heat transfer coefficients for individual human body segments

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 141-156

  De Dear, Richard J ^a   Arens, Edward ^b   Hui, Zhang ^b   Oguro, Masayuki ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TAISEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convection; Heat transfer coefficient; Radiation; Thermal comfort; Thermal manikin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY POSTURE; CALORIMETRY; HUMAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; WIND;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CALORIMETRY; HUMANS; MANIKINS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 0031132414     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004840050035     Document Type: Article

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