Effects of vehicle windshield defrosting and demisting process on passenger comfort

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Aroussi, A ^a   Hassan, A ^a   Abdulnour, B S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; AUTOMOBILE COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WINDSHIELDS;

FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; FULL SCALE TESTS; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; NON-INTRUSIVE DIAGNOSTICS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PASSENGER COMFORT; RECIRCULATIONS; VEHICLE MODEL;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 85072452805     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-1729     Document Type: Conference Paper

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