TY - JOUR
TI - Local thermal discomfort in low temperature environments
AU - Wang Lijuan
AU - Chen Minzhou
AU - Chen Zefeng
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2019
VL - 23
IS - 4
SP - 2211
EP - 2218
PT - Article
AB - Human local parts have different thermal responses to low temperature  environment. The objective of this paper is to find out the most sensitive  parts which are extremely discomforting in low temperature environments.  Based on previous experimental data, the relationship among skin  temperature, air temperature, and clothing insulation was fitted, and the  neutral skin temperatures were obtained. The local skin temperatures at  different parts of the human body were compared with neutral skin  temperatures in different air temperatures and clothes. The results showed  that the local parts of foot, hand, upper arm, and calf deviated far from  the neutral condition and were selected as the principal parts to be warmed.  The findings are significant to improve human local thermal discomfort.