Assessment of various environmental thermal loads on passenger thermal comfort

SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 830-841

  Han, Taeyoung ^a   Chen, Kuo Huey ^a   Khalighi, Bahram ^a   Curran, Allen ^b   Pryor, Joshua ^b   Hepokoski, Mark ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Calumet   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SEGMENT; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLOTHING LAYERS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CORE TEMPERATURE; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; FIELD ANALYSIS; FIELD TESTING; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; GLASS PROPERTIES; HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY; HVAC SYSTEM; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PASSENGER COMPARTMENT; SKIN TISSUE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL COMFORT EVALUATIONS; THERMAL COMFORT LEVEL; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL PROPERTIES; TIME-RATE; VEHICLE CABIN; VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT; VIRTUAL SIMULATIONS;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 78649668021     PISSN: 19463995     EISSN: 19464002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2010-01-1205     Document Type: Article

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