Analysis of the effect of rollup vent arrangement and wind speed on Almería-type greenhouse ventilation performance using computational fluid dynamics

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 719, Issue , 2006, Pages 173-179

  Molina Aiz, F D ^a   Valera, D L ^a   Pena A A ^a   Alvarez A J ^a   Gil, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airflow; Finite elements method; Greenhouse design; Insect proof screens; Modelling; Optimization

Indexed keywords

INSECTA;

EID: 37849188087     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.719.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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