Advances in cubicle design using computational fluid dynamics as a design tool

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-127

  Curry, G ^a   Hughes, H C ^a   Loseby, D ^a   Reynolds, S ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Computer Aided Engineering Solutions ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Airflow; Computational fluid dynamics; Containment; Cubicles

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HOUSING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031948758     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367798780600070     Document Type: Article

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