An air distribution index for assessing the thermal comfort and air quality in uniform and nonuniform thermal environments

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 618-639

  Almesri, I ^a,b   Awbi, H B ^a   Foda, E ^c   Siren K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air distribution index; Computational fluid dynamics; Local thermal comfort; Room air distribution; Ventilation systems; Virtual thermal manikin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR DISTRIBUTION INDEX; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; VENTILATOR;

EID: 84881180439     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X12451186     Document Type: Article

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