Simplified human body model for evaluating thermal radiant environment in a radiant cooled space

Building and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 801-808

  Miyanaga, Toshiyuki ^a   Urabe, Wataru ^a   Nakano, Yukio ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human body; Radiant cooling; Thermal radiant environment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT RESISTANCE; SKIN;

RADIANT COOLED SPACE;

RADIATION;

HEAT RADIATION;

EID: 0035426905     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(01)00005-1     Document Type: Article

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