PMV model is insufficient to capture subjective thermal response from Indians

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 349-361

  Maiti, Rina ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Indian climate; PMV and TSV; Thermal comfort; Thermal Sensation Vote; Tropical thermal adaptation

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; THERMAL COMFORT;

HUMAN THERMAL SENSATIONS; INDIAN CLIMATE; INDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PMV AND TSV; STEPWISE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL ADAPTATION; THERMAL SENSATION VOTES;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; COMFORT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT SENSATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDIAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

EID: 84895751088     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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