A wind tunnel simulation of the mean velocity fields behind upright porous fences

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 82-93

  Dong, Zhibao ^a   Luo, Wanyin ^a   Qian, Guangqiang ^a   Wang, Hongtao ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Flow regions; Mean velocity regime; Optimal fence porosity; Streamline patterns; Upright porous fences

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; POROSITY; SIMULATION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 34547849446     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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