Buttock responses to contact with finishing materials over the ONDOL floor heating system in Korea

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-75

  Song, Gook Sup ^a  

^a Bucheon College   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Floor covering materials; ONDOL; Skin temperature; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

FOAMS; HEATING; MORTAR; PLYWOOD; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUBBER; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SKIN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FLOOR COVERING MATERIALS; KOREA; ONDOL COVERING MATERIALS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL COMFORT;

FLOORS;

EID: 4944256994     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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