Energy inefficiency and underlying occupant discomfort associated with building thermal management systems have led to development of human-in-the-loop control system. Minimizing total energy consumption and maximizing comfort of all the occupants present is the major objective of such system based on human comfort feedback. However, the approaches proposed so far lack a built-in mechanism to e...

Weather condition is one of the much effective factors in the principle of architecture and urbanization. So in this research long-term trend of effective climate elements in architecture of Darab city including mean of minimum temperature, temperature mean, mean of maximum temperature, minimum relative humidity, maximum relative humidity, relative humidity mean, wind speed and sun hours in mon...

The term comfort is often seen relating to the marketing of products like chairs, cars, clothing, hand tools and even airplane tickets, while in the scientific literature, the term discomfort shows up often, since it is used in research. Few papers explain the concept of a localized comfort experience in relation to product use, although people use these products daily. Therefore, in this speci...

The aim of this study is to propose a method for the evaluation of railway passengers’ comfort in relationship to temperature, noise, and vibration. Estimated the single comfort for every sensation considered, the global comfort is evaluated with the Hyper-Sphere Method proposed by Corriere & Lo Bosco [1]. The humanvehicle-infrastructure-environment variables which influence comfort are individ...

Although bus comfort is a crucial indicator of service quality, existing studies tend to focus on passenger load and ignore in-vehicle time, which can also affect passengers' comfort perception. Therefore, by conducting surveys, this study examines passengers' comfort perception while accounting for both factors. Then, using the survey data, it performs a two-way analysis of variance and shows ...

current standards for indoor comfort are based on studies of adults, but they also apply tochildren, even though children differ in terms of metabolic rates, clothing types, activity levels, and preferences in space arrangement. children are also more sensitive to a range of environmental factors, they are usually unable to interact with their environment, and they accept indoor conditions pass...

this paper presents the results of a recent project of ikco’s research center to modify paykan 1600’s rear suspension mechanism with the purpose of improving comfort, stability and handling qualities. the car was originally equipped with a solid rear axle with leaf springs. by replacing the original mechanism with a three-link mechanism with panhard bar and coil springs, the ride comfort and ha...

in this paper, the 1/4 vehicle model have been simulated. the vehicle body acceleration using optimal control has been optimized. the vehicle ride comfort is achieved by using robust control, and it has been compared with optimal control. the active suspension can help the vehicle to have a good dynamic behavioral. in this paper, two degrees of freedom dynamic vibration model of a general vehic...

current standards for indoor comfort are based on studies of adults, but they also apply tochildren, even though children differ in terms of metabolic rates, clothing types, activity levels, and preferences in space arrangement. children are also more sensitive to a range of environmental factors, they are usually unable to interact with their environment, and they accept indoor conditions pass...