Indoor environment in vehicles

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 35-48

  Da Silva, M C Gameiro ^a,d,e   Alcobia, C J O P J ^a,b,f   Martinho, N A G ^a,c,e   Ramos, J M E ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (Portugal)

^f POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Combined Stressors; Comfort in vehicles; Indoor air quality; Noise and vibration; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

COMBINED STRESSORS; COMFORT IN VEHICLES; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; THERMAL COMFORT;

GROUND VEHICLES;

EID: 33745773508     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2006.010175     Document Type: Article

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