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Author Fohr, Jean-Paul, author

Title Heat and moisture transfer between human body and environment / Jean-Paul Fohr
Published London, UK : ISTE ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series Focus series in fluid mechanics
Focus series in fluid mechanics.
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 10, 2015)
Subject Fluid dynamics -- Mathematical models
Heat -- Transmission.
Heat exchangers.
Human physiology.
heat transmission.
heat exchangers.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference.
Fluid dynamics -- Mathematical models
Heat exchangers
Heat -- Transmission
Human physiology
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