Ventilation of small multispan greenhouse in relation to the window openings calculated with CFD

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 718, Issue , 2006, Pages 351-356

  Campen, J B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate; Greenhouse design; Size of window; Wind direction

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849185570     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.718.40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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