Measuring the human body's microclimate using a thermal manikin

Indoor Air

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 567-579

  Voelker, C ^a   Maempel, S ^b   Kornadt, O ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b Ed Züblin AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate chamber; Computational fluid dynamics; Heat transfer coefficient; Microclimate; Thermal manikin; Thermography

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW VELOCITY; HEAT CONVECTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

AIR TEMPERATURE; BODY SEGMENT; CLIMATE CHAMBERS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER CO-EFFICIENTS; HUMAN BODIES; MICROCLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL MANIKIN; THERMOGRAPHY;

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MANIKIN; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOREGULATION;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MANIKINS; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84909974918     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12112     Document Type: Article

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