On the applicability of the Forchheimer equation in simulating flow through woven screens

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 130-139

  Teitel, Meir ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DROPS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND STRESS; WIND TUNNELS;

CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; FLOWTHROUGH; FORCHHEIMER; FORCHHEIMER EQUATION; REALISTIC MODEL; SIMULATING FLOWS; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79955526832     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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