Thermal comfort evaluation of the enclosed transitional space in tropical buildings: Subjective response and Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3480-3490

  Kwong, Q J ^a   Tang, S H ^a   Adam, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CFD; Educational institution; Lift lobby; Thermal comfort; Transitional space; Tropics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; OCCUPANTS' PERCEPTIONS; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; THERMAL COMFORT EVALUATIONS; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSITIONAL SPACES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; THERMAL COMFORT; TROPICAL BUILDINGS; TROPICS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 70349614153     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2009.3480.3490     Document Type: Article

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