System dynamics of human body thermal regulation in outdoor environments

• Main Authors: Melnikov, Valentin, Krzhizhanovskaya, Valeria V., Lees, Michael H., Sloot, Peter M. A.
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Human Body Thermal Regulation; Two-node Model; Science::Physics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105589; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50157
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Thermal comfort of people in outdoor urban spaces is a growing concern in cities due to climate change and urbanization. In outdoor settings the climate and behavior of people are more dynamic than in indoor situations, therefore a steady state of the thermoregulatory system is rarely reached. Under...