PIV verification of greenhouse ventilation air flows to evaluate CFD accuracy

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2277-2288

  Lee, I ^a   Lee, S ^b   Kim, G ^b   Sung, J ^c   Sung, S ^c   Yoon, Y ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^d Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Computational fluid dynamics; Greenhouse; Natural ventilation; Particle image velocimetry; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNELS;

LOCAL AIR VELOCITY; NATURAL VENTILATION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 32244448052     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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