Numerical study on human model shape and grid dependency for indoor thermal comfort evaluation

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 397-405

  Seo, Jinwon ^a   Park, Jaehong ^b   Choi, Yunho ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b LIG Nex1 Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Computer simulated person; Equivalent homogeneous temperature; Predicted mean vote; Predicted percentage dissatisfied; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR; THERMAL COMFORT; VELOCITY;

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; GRID FEATURES; INDOOR AIR FLOW; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; PREDICTED PERCENTAGE DISSATISFIED; VELOCITY FIELD;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84874670772     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-012-1252-3     Document Type: Article

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