Thermal sensation and comfort models for non-uniform and transient environments, part III: Whole-body sensation and comfort

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 399-410

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Arens, Edward ^a   Huizenga, Charlie ^a   Han, Taeyoung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Overall; Predictive model; Thermal comfort; Thermal sensation; Whole body

Indexed keywords

BODY PARTS; CLIMATE CHAMBERS; DISCOMFORT LEVEL; EMPIRICAL DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN-SUBJECT TESTS; NONUNIFORM; OVERALL; PREDICTIVE MODEL; THERMAL SENSATION; THERMAL SENSATIONS; TRANSIENT ENVIRONMENT; WHOLE-BODY;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; THERMAL COMFORT;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MODELING; PREDICTION;

EID: 70350524977     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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