Experimental investigation of the human convective boundary layer in a quiescent indoor environment

Building and Environment

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-91

  Licina, Dusan ^a,b   Pantelic, Jovan ^c   Melikov, Arsen ^b   Sekhar, Chandra ^a   Tham, Kwok Wai ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Body posture; Clothing insulation design; Convective boundary layer; Pseudo color visualization; Temperature; Thermal manikin

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DESIGN; SEATS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INSULATION; VELOCITY; VISUALIZATION;

BODY POSTURES; CLOTHING INSULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; PSEUDO-COLORS; THERMAL MANIKIN;

AIR;

AIRFLOW; COLOR; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84894240814     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.01.016     Document Type: Article

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