Numerical simulation study of a tree windbreak

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-48

  Bitog, Jessie P ^a,b   Lee, In Bok ^a   Hwang, Hyun Seob ^a   Shin, Myeong Ho ^c   Hong, Se Woon ^a   Seo, Il Hwan ^a   Kwon, Kyeong Seok ^a   Mostafa, Ehab ^a,d   Pang, Zhenzhen ^a,e  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Nueva Vizcaya State University   (Philippines)

^c Korea Rural Community and Agriculture Corporation   (South Korea)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; POROUS MATERIALS; WIND;

AERODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; ALTERNATING TREE; COEFFICIENT VALUES; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; MEASURING POINTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; WIND VELOCITIES;

FORESTRY;

FLUID DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; POROUS MATERIALS; SIMULATION;

PINUS NIGRA; PINUS THUNBERGII;

EID: 83955161178     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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