Human convective boundary layer and its interaction with room ventilation flow

Indoor Air

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-35

  Licina, D ^a,b   Melikov, A ^a   Sekhar, C ^b   Tham, K W ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airflow interaction; Convective boundary layer; Particle image velocimetry; Pseudocolor visualization; Thermal manikin; Ventilation flow

Indexed keywords

AIR; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIRFLOW INTERACTIONS; BREATHING ZONES; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PARTICLE IMAGES; PSEUDOCOLOR VISUALIZATION; PSEUDOCOLOUR; THERMAL MANIKIN; VENTILATION FLOW;

FLOW PATTERNS;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; ANALYSIS; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOPHYSICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOPHYSICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANIKINS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; VENTILATION;

EID: 84920964566     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12120     Document Type: Article

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