Modeling of thermal environment and human response in a crowded space for tropical climate

Building and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 511-525

  Kang, Zhi Jian ^a   Xue, Hong ^b   Bong, Tet Yin ^c  

^a TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Human thermoregulation; Simulation; Thermal environment; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; MOISTURE; THERMAL STRESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VENTILATION;

THERMOREGULATION MODEL; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN THERMOREGULATION;

THERMAL EFFECTS; BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; HUMAN FACTOR;

EID: 0035324629     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(00)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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