Termite mounds harness diurnal temperature oscillations for ventilation

作者: Hunter King , Samuel Ocko , Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan , None

DOI: 10.1073/PNAS.1423242112

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摘要: … Finally, we note that the temperature differences between interior and flutes shown in Fig. 1 are significantly larger at night than during the day. This and/or the vertical asymmetry of the …

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