Wind pressure distribution on plastic-covered low-tunnels used in protected cultivation

dc.contributor.author	Mistriotis, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Briassoulis, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:46:18Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:46:18Z
dc.date.issued	2005	en
dc.identifier.issn	05677572	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/2898
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dc.subject	CFD	en
dc.subject	Low-rise structures	en
dc.subject	Protected cultivation	en
dc.subject	Wind load	en
dc.title	Wind pressure distribution on plastic-covered low-tunnels used in protected cultivation	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2005	en
heal.abstract	Wind loads on a typical low-tunnel structure used in short-term (less than one year) protected cultivations, were studied experimentally and numerically. Wind pressures were measured by a full-scale field experiment on a cross section of the structure in the case of a transverse wind. Two-dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations were performed for analysing and interpreting the measurements for the same case of transverse wind. The boundary conditions were defined to simulate the measured wind characteristics. The numerically calculated wind pressure distribution is qualitatively similar to the experimental one. However the negative pressure measured at the tunnel ridge is lower compared to the computational value.	en
heal.journalName	Acta Horticulturae	en
dc.identifier.volume	691	en
dc.identifier.spage	411	en
dc.identifier.epage	418	en