The effect of turbulence intensity on local skin temperature and subjective responses to draft

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2678-2683

  Wang, Yuemei ^a   Lian, Zhiwei ^a,b   Lan, Li ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Mechanical Building ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Draft; Skin temperature; Thermal discomfort; Turbulence intensity

Indexed keywords

DROPS;

DRAFT; EXPOSED TO; MEAN AIR VELOCITY; SKIN TEMPERATURES; THERMAL DISCOMFORT; TURBULENCE INTENSITY;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 80054816380     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.06.021     Document Type: Article

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