Effect of posture on the heat transfer areas of the human body

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1555-1565

  Kurazumi, Yoshihito ^a   Tsuchikawa, Tadahiro ^b   Matsubara, Naoki ^c   Horikoshi, Tetsumi ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conduction; Convection; Heat exchange; Heat transfer area; Posture; Radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; NANOFLUIDICS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPECIFIC HEAT; SURFACES; THERMOANALYSIS;

BODY SURFACE; CONDUCTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT-TRANSFER; ELSEVIER (CO); HEAT EXCHANGING; HEAT TRANSFER AREAS; HUMAN BODIES; LATERAL POSITION; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; TOTAL SURFACE AREA (BET);

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

CONVECTION; HEAT FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POSTURE;

EID: 45249101347     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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