A coupled model for predicting heat and mass transfer from a human body to its surroundings

36th AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Al Mogbel, Ahmed ^a  

^a Old Dominion University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CORE TEMPERATURES; EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; INTERFACIAL BOUNDARY; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES; THERMAL COMFORT INDEX;

ALGORITHMS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; LINEAR EQUATIONS; THERMAL COMFORT;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84896693913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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