Improvement of the Stolwijk model with regard to clothing, thermal sensation and skin temperature.
BACKGROUND: The original Stolwijk model is not equipped with clothing, thermal sensation, comfort indices, individual characteristics and performance loss models. OBJECTIVE: This study attempts to modify the model to include clothing, thermal sensation as well as the calculation of the percentage of...
| Published in: | Work Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 1009 - 1025 |
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| Format: | equations & formulas pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2016
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