TY - JOUR
TI - Three dimensional numerical analysis of temperature distribution in an automobile cabin
AU - Sevilgen Gökhan
AU - Kiliç Muhsin
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2012
VL - 16
IS - 1
SP - 321
EP - 326
PT - Article
AB - In this study, 3-D numerical analysis of temperature distribution in the  automobile cabin were performed by using computational fluid dynamics method.  For this purpose, a 3-D automobile cabin including window and outer surfaces  was modeled by using the real dimensions of a car. To evaluate the results of  numerical analysis according to thermal comfort, a virtual manikin divided  into 17 parts with real dimensions and physiological shape was added to the  model of the automobile cabin. Temperature distributions of the automobile  cabin were obtained from the results of the 3-D steady and transient  numerical analyses for standard heating and cooling period. Validations of  the results were achieved by comparing to the results of the experimental  studies performed simultaneously with the numerical analyses.