Experimental study of human thermal sensation under hypobaric conditions in winter clothes

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2044-2048

  Wang, Haiying ^a   Hu, Songtao ^a   Liu, Guodan ^a   Li, Angui ^b  

^a QINGDAO TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air velocity; Hypobaric condition; Mean skin temperature; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

AIR MOVEMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR VELOCITIES; DIFFUSIVE TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; HYPOBARIC CONDITION; MEAN SKIN TEMPERATURE; RATING SCALE; SKIN TEMPERATURES; THERMAL SENSATIONS; WATER EVAPORATION;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; SEA LEVEL; THERMAL COMFORT;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 77956178922     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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