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A practical model for the assessment of thermal comfort in train carriages
thesis
posted on 2018-08-21, 14:59 authored by Charles P. UnderwoodA practical model has been developed for the assessment of human thermal comfort in
rail carriages. The PMV model is based upon the existing ISO 7730 standard for assessing
moderate thermal environments (PMV: Fanger 1970), with correction factors to
account for the extreme environmental stimuli that may be experienced by some
passengers seated next to windows (i.e. exposure to direct solar radiation or the effects
of a cold window). Three sets of laboratory experiments and four field trials were
conducted. Environmental conditions and mean skin temperature were recorded and
thermal rating questionnaires filled in by participants. [Continues.]
Funding
Loughborough University. Rail Research United Kingdom (RRUK).
History
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- Design
Publisher
© Charles P. UnderwoodPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
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A Master's Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Master of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en