Numerical analysis and measures for the evaluation of comfort inside buses used for public transport

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 101, Issue , 2008, Pages 373-383

  De Lieto Vollaro, R ^a   Grignaffini, S ^a   Vallati, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buses; Comfort; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

BOATS; BUSES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DOORS; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; INSTALLATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR DISTRIBUTIONS; AIR DRAFTS; BUS STOPS; COMFORT; CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; COOLING TRANSITIONS; CRITICAL PERIODS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS; INTERNAL TEMPERATURES; PUBLIC TRANSPORTS; SIMULATION PATTERNS; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; THERMO-FLUID DYNAMICS; WORK ANALYSIS;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

BUS TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; COOLING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PUBLIC TRANSPORT;

EID: 58849160034     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/UT080371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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