Vehicular thermal comfort models; A comprehensive review

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 995-1002

  Alahmer, A ^a   Mayyas, Ahmed ^b   Mayyas, Abed A ^b   Omar, M A ^b   Shan, Dongri ^b,c  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QILU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Human physiological models; Human psychological models; Infrared thermography; Thermal comfort; Thermal manikins

Indexed keywords

AIR; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

AIR VELOCITIES; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FAST TRANSIENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; THERMAL COMFORT MODELS; THERMAL FIELD; THERMAL MANIKIN;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

EID: 79951772035     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.12.004     Document Type: Review

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