The acceptable air velocity range for local air movement in the tropics

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1065-1076

  Gong, N ^a,b   Tham, K W ^a   Melikov, A K ^a   Wyon, D P ^b   Sekhar, S C ^a   Cheong, K W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIRFLOW; LOCAL AIR MOVEMENT; LOCAL AIR TEMPARATURES; THERMAL SENSATION;

TROPICS;

EID: 33750320395     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2006.10391451     Document Type: Article

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