Computational model of heat exchange between dairy cow and bedding

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-37

  Radoń, Jan ^a   Bieda, Wacław ^a   Lendelová, Jana ^b   Pogran, Štefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bedding; Computational model; Dairy cows; Ground; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOORS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BEDDING; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DAIRY COW; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; GROUND; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRY FARMING; HEAT BALANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84904025745     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2014.06.006     Document Type: Article

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