Preliminary research on virtual thermal comfort of automobile occupants
Numerical simulation of climate conditions in automotive industry for the study of thermal comfort had become more and more prominent in the last years compared with the classical approach which consists in wind tunnel measurements and field testing, the main advantages being the reduction of vehicl...
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| author | Horobet Tiberiu Danca Paul Nastase Ilinca Bode Florin |
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| description | Numerical simulation of climate conditions in automotive industry for the study of thermal comfort had become more and more prominent in the last years compared with the classical approach which consists in wind tunnel measurements and field testing, the main advantages being the reduction of vehicle development time and costs. The study presented in this paper is a part of a project intended to evaluate different strategies of cabin ventilation for improving the thermal comfort inside vehicles. A virtual thermal manikin consisting of 24 parts was introduced on the driver seat in a vehicle. A heat load calculated for summer condition in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania was imposed as boundary condition. The purpose of this study was to elaborate a virtual thermal manikin suitable for our research, introduction of the manikin inside the vehicle and to examine his influence inside the automobile. The thermal comfort of the virtual manikin was evaluated in terms of temperature and air velocity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-82059369261a4daba5ff849a58f08e982022-12-21T22:10:39ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422018-01-01320102210.1051/e3sconf/20183201022e3sconf_eenviro2018_01022Preliminary research on virtual thermal comfort of automobile occupantsHorobet TiberiuDanca PaulNastase IlincaBode FlorinNumerical simulation of climate conditions in automotive industry for the study of thermal comfort had become more and more prominent in the last years compared with the classical approach which consists in wind tunnel measurements and field testing, the main advantages being the reduction of vehicle development time and costs. The study presented in this paper is a part of a project intended to evaluate different strategies of cabin ventilation for improving the thermal comfort inside vehicles. A virtual thermal manikin consisting of 24 parts was introduced on the driver seat in a vehicle. A heat load calculated for summer condition in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania was imposed as boundary condition. The purpose of this study was to elaborate a virtual thermal manikin suitable for our research, introduction of the manikin inside the vehicle and to examine his influence inside the automobile. The thermal comfort of the virtual manikin was evaluated in terms of temperature and air velocity.https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20183201022 |
| spellingShingle | Horobet Tiberiu Danca Paul Nastase Ilinca Bode Florin Preliminary research on virtual thermal comfort of automobile occupants E3S Web of Conferences |
| title | Preliminary research on virtual thermal comfort of automobile occupants |
| title_full | Preliminary research on virtual thermal comfort of automobile occupants |
| title_fullStr | Preliminary research on virtual thermal comfort of automobile occupants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preliminary research on virtual thermal comfort of automobile occupants |
| title_short | Preliminary research on virtual thermal comfort of automobile occupants |
| title_sort | preliminary research on virtual thermal comfort of automobile occupants |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20183201022 |
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