Thermal comfort evaluation with virtual manikin methods

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4000-4005

  Nilsson, Håkan O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clothing independence; Comfort zone diagram; Mannequin; Thermal climate assessment; Thermal manikin

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT; THERMAL MANIKIN; VIRTUAL MANIKIN METHODS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL COMFORT;

BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VENTILATION;

EID: 34547933312     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.04.027     Document Type: Article

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