Coupling a model of human thermoregulation with computational fluid dynamics for predicting human-environment interaction

Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-243

  Cropper, Paul C ^a   Yang, Tong ^b   Cook, Malcolm ^b   Fiala, Dusan ^c   Yousaf, Rehan ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ergonsim Comfort Energy Efficiency   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD; Model coupling; Natural ventilation; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

BODY SURFACE; CFD; CFD MODELS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COUPLED SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL WORKS; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN SUBJECTS; HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; HUMAN THERMOREGULATION; HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MODEL COUPLING; NATURAL VENTILATION; SIMULATION DATA; SOLUTION PROCESS; VENTILATION FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77955602639     PISSN: 19401493     EISSN: 19401507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19401491003615669     Document Type: Article

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