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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131536103321

Autore

Fohr Jean-Paul

Titolo

Heat and moisture transfer between human body and environment / / Jean-Paul Fohr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley, , 2015

ISBN

1-5231-1080-5

1-119-24560-5

1-119-24561-3

1-119-24562-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Collana

Focus fluid mechanics series

Disciplina

620.106

Soggetti

Fluid dynamics - Mathematical models

Heat - Transmission

Human physiology

Water vapor transport

Body temperature - Regulation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Title; Copyright; Preface; 1: Building a Model for a Coupled Problem; 1.1. Basic equations of the models (Appendix 1); 1.2. Boundary layers; 1.3. Heat balance for a "system" and boundary conditions [FOH 10]; 1.4. On the problem of cooling of a cup of tea; 1.5. Bather on a beach; 2: Approximate Determination of Transfer Coefficients; 2.1. Natural convection around an isolated sphere; 2.2. Coupled exchanges around the head of a baby lying down; 2.3. Forced convection around a cylinder; 3: Human Thermal Models; 3.1. The Fanger model: from climatic chamber to standard [FAN 70]

3.2. Gagge model3.3. Stolwijk 25 node model [STO 70, STO 71]; 3.4. Thermal model of a baby lying down; 4: Heat and Humidity Transfer in Clothing; 4.1. From heterogeneous porous to continuous model media; 4.2. Heat diffusion and convection; 4.3. Vapor diffusion; 4.4. The effect of bound water; 4.5. Liquid water diffusion; 4.6. Mass and energy balances; 4.7. Limit conditions; 4.8. Processing for a numerical



resolution; 4.9. First example: condensation in a multilayer; 4.10. Convection and diffusion; 4.11. Taking account of radiation; 4.12. Second example: firefighters' clothing

4.13. Traditional warm weather clothingAPPENDICES; Appendix 1: Heat and Mass Transfer Toolkit; A1.1. Global mass conservation; A1.2. Momentum conservation; A1.3. Energy conservation or the first principle of thermodynamics; A1.4. Vapor mass conservation; A1.5. Energy balance in a finite volume (material system); A1.6. Energy balance on surface subject to evaporation or condensation and radiation; A1.7. Some heat exchange correlations for air and water [BEJ 93]; Appendix 2: Humid Air; Appendix 3: Solar Flux; Bibliography; Index; End User License Agreement