Aerodynamic properties of boundary layers along screens

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-179

  Tanny, Josef ^a   Möller, Markus ^a   Cohen, Shabtai ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AERODYNAMICS; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CROPS; HEATING; ROOFS;

AERODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; AERODYNAMIC RESISTANCE; FRICTION VELOCITY; ROUGHNESS LENGTH; SURFACE LAYERS; UNSTABLE CONDITIONS; WIND PROFILES; ZERO-PLANE DISPLACEMENT;

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 58749085877     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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