Optimisation of greenhouse insect screening with computational fluid dynamics

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-312

  Fatnassi, H ^a   Boulard, T ^a   Poncet, C ^a   Chave, M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SCREENING; VENTILATION;

INSECT SCREENING; NATURAL VENTILATION; ROOF VENTS; WATER VAPOR TRANSFER;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA; INSECTA;

EID: 33144455535     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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