Development of universal index for outdoor and non-uniform thermal environment

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 660, 2011, Pages 131-139

  Nagano, Kazuo ^a   Horikoshi, Tetsumi ^b  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heat conduction; Human heal balance; Segment; Separate effect; Solar radiation; Universal effect

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR VELOCITIES; EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; HEAT BALANCE; HUMAN BODY SEGMENTS; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; SEGMENT; SEPARATE EFFECTS; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL INDEX; UNIVERSAL EFFECT;

HEAT CONDUCTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

SEPARATION;

EID: 81155160794     PISSN: 13480685     EISSN: 1881817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3130/aije.76.131     Document Type: Article

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