An investigation of thermal comfort inside an automobile during the heating period

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-312

  Kaynakli, Omer ^a   Kilic, Muhsin ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Automobile; Heating period; Thermal comfort; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIR VELOCITY; HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY; LATENT HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL SENSATION;

AUTOMOBILES;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CAR; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; SIMULATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 18044396355     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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