Effectiveness of shelterbelt with a non-uniform density distribution

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 767-771

  Ma, Rui ^a   Wang, Jihe ^b   Qu, Jianjun ^a   Liu, Hujun ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Gansu Minqin National Studies Station for Desert Steppe Ecosystem and Gansu Desert Control Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Combined effects; Density distribution; Effective density; Maximum wind reduction; Shelter distance

Indexed keywords

GAS DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

COMBINED EFFECT; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ECO-ENVIRONMENTS; ECOLOGICAL PROJECT; EFFECTIVE DENSITY; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; NON-UNIFORM DENSITY; PREVAILING WIND DIRECTIONS;

WIND;

EID: 78149410170     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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