Evaluation of thermal comfort using combined multi-node thermoregulation (65MN) and radiation models and computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Prediction Computer Program for Whole Body Temperatures and its Application under Various Working Level and Thermal Environmental Condition Combinations

“…The advantages of this program were larger numbers of blood temperature valuables and the fact that, unlike previous models, the controlling outputs of the thermoregulation model had local characteristics [2][3][4][5][6][7] . By using the improved computer program, we were able to simulate the whole body temperatures of the subjects during exercise described in Gagge et al 1) were simulated.…”

“…For this reason several mathematical models of thermoregulation in humans have been developed [2][3][4][5][6][7] . We developed a computer program for the numerical analysis of thermal conditions of all segments and blood circulatory systems in the human body.…”

Coupling a model of human thermoregulation with computational fluid dynamics for predicting human–environment interaction

“…Tanabe (2002) developed 16 body segments 65-node thermoregulation model based on probably the best known human thermal system model of Stolwijk (Stolwijk and Hardy 1966;Stolwijk 1971). …”

“…For example Murakami et al (2000) and Al-Mogbel (2003) used a simplified shape to represent a human body in CFD and coupled this with a two-node thermal regulatory model (Gagge et al 1986). Tanabe et al (2002) integrated a 65-node human thermoregulatory model with a 3D model of a nude male body in CFD which incorporated radiation heat transfer. Using empirical heat transfer coefficients, the CFD code was used primarily to simulate the impact of the human body on the environment.…”

“…Omori et al (2004) coupled a realistic nude female body with a PMV model (Fanger, 1970). Streblow et al (2008) coupled a 16-segment Tanabe model (Tanabe et al 2002) with CFD in which local and overall thermal comfort sensations were obtained using the model of Zhang (2003). This coupled system was optimized using experimental data.…”