Computational fluid dynamics analysis of greenhouse microclimates by heated underground tubes

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2196-2204

  Rouboa, Abel ^a   Monteiro, Eliseu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Artificial heating tubes; CFD; Finite element method; Greenhouses

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549016404     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03177480     Document Type: Article

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