Assessing the ventilation performance of a naturally ventilated livestock building with different eave opening conditions

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-21

  Norton, Tomás ^a,b   Grant, Jim ^b   Fallon, Richard ^b   Sun, Da Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Calf building; Computational fluid dynamics; Space boarding; Ventilated cladding; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; AIR INLET; AIR VELOCITIES; CALF BUILDING; CLADDING SYSTEMS; HIGH POROSITY; HIGH RESISTANCE; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LIVESTOCK BUILDINGS; LIVESTOCK HOUSING; PRIMARY AIR; PROFILED STEEL SHEETING; SPACE BOARDING; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; TWO-MATERIALS; VENTILATION EFFICIENCY;

AGRICULTURE; CLADDING (COATING); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FARM BUILDINGS; FLUID DYNAMICS;

VENTILATION;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDOOR AIR; LIVESTOCK FARMING; TIMBER; VENTILATION; WIND BREAK;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 76349098902     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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