Thermal comfort models: A review and numerical investigation

Building and Environment

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-22

  Cheng, Yuanda ^a   Niu, Jianlei ^a   Gao, Naiping ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Non uniform environment; Numerical simulation; Thermal sensation; Transient conditions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

LOCAL THERMAL SENSATIONS; NEUTRAL ENVIRONMENT; NON-UNIFORM ENVIRONMENTS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THERMAL COMFORT MODELS; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL SENSATIONS; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 80052804473     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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