Optimization of vent configuration by evaluating greenhouse and plant canopy ventilation rates under wind-induced ventilation

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2059-2067

  Kacira, M ^a   Sase, S ^b   Okushima, L ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RURAL ENGINEERING   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFD; Greenhouse design; Natural ventilation; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VENTILATION; WIND EFFECTS;

AIRFLOW PATTERNS; PLANT CANOPY; VENT CONFIGURATION; WIND SPEED;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

CANOPY; OPTIMIZATION; VENTILATION;

EID: 14844334670     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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