First principles modeling of thermal sensation responses in steady-state and transient conditions

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 109 PART 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 179-186

  Fiala, Dusan ^a   Lomas, Kevin J ^a   Stohrer, Martin ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN; TEMPERATURE;

HUMAN THERMAL SENSATION; THERMAL SENSATION RESPONSES; THERMOPHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037817594     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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