Evaluation of thermal comfort in indoor environments using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Indoor Work and Living Environments: Health, Safety and Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 97-166

  Stavrakakis, George M ^a   Stamou, Anastasios I ^a   Markatos, Nicolas C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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