New index indicating the universal and separate effects on human comfort under outdoor and non-uniform thermal conditions

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1694-1701

  Nagano, K ^a   Horikoshi, T ^b  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body segment; Heat conduction; Human heat balance; Separate effect; Solar radiation; Universal effect

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR VELOCITIES; BODY SEGMENT; HUMAN COMFORTS; HUMAN HEAT BALANCE; HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; NEW INDICES; SEPARATE EFFECT; SEPARATE EFFECTS; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL FACTORS; THERMAL INDEX; UNIVERSAL EFFECT;

SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

HEAT CONDUCTION;

EID: 79956364925     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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