Comfort indices used for subway design

13th International Symposium on Aerodynamics and Ventilation of Vehicle Tunnels

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 707-720

  Gilbey, M J ^a   Kemp, S J ^b  

^a Parsons Brinkerhoff Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Transport for London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMFORT INDEX; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE; THERMAL COMFORT INDEX; THERMAL INDEX; THERMAL SENSATIONS; TRANSIENT ENVIRONMENT;

RAILROADS; THERMAL COMFORT; TUNNELS; UNDERPASSES; WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 70349587719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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