Thermal insulation of Arabian Gulf men's clothing: Measurements using a thermal manikin

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 112 PART 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 240-245

  Al ajmi, Farraj ^a,b   Loveday, Dennis L ^a,c   Havenith, George ^d  

^a ASHRAE ^*  (Kuwait)

^b Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

^c Research School in Sustainability

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING AREA FACTOR; CLOTHING INSULATION; PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE; THERMAL MANIKIN;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 33750351419     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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