The response of human thermal perception and skin temperature to step-change transient thermal environments

Building and Environment

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 232-238

  Liu, Hong ^a   Liao, Jianke ^a   Yang, Dong ^a   Du, Xiuyuan ^a   Hu, Pengchao ^a   Yang, Yu ^a   Li, Baizhan ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat loss; Mean skin temperature; Step change transient environment; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

LINEAR CORRELATION; MEAN SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL SENSATION VOTES; THERMAL SENSATIONS; TRANSIENT ENVIRONMENT; TRANSIENT PERIODS; TRANSIENT PROCESS;

HEAT LOSSES;

THERMAL COMFORT;

BODY TEMPERATURE; HEAT TRANSFER; INDOOR AIR; PERCEPTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 84892635426     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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