Evaluation of thermal comfort in a rail terminal location in India

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2571-2580

  Deb, Chirag ^a   Ramachandraiah, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

India; Neutral temperature; PET; Rail terminal; Thermal comfort; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVITY; AIR MOVEMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE; FIELD MEASUREMENT; NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE; PASSENGER SATISFACTION; PET; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RAIL TERMINALS; RAILWAY NETWORK; RAILWAY STATIONS; SOUTH INDIA; SUMMER MONTHS; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL SENSATION VOTES; TRANSPORT NODES; WAITING AREAS; WELL BEING;

RAILROAD STATIONS; RAILROADS; STANDARDIZATION; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT; TROPICS;

RAILS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VENTILATION;

INDIA;

EID: 77954216159     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.05.023     Document Type: Article

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