A simplified method for design of microirrigation laterals

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1681-1687

  Kang, Y ^a,b,c,d   Nishiyama, S ^a,d  

^a ASAE ^*  (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Back step method; Forward step method; Lateral design; Lateral flow rate equation; Microirrigation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW OF WATER; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BACK STEP METHOD; FORWARD STEP METHOD; HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS; LATERAL FLOW RATE EQUATION; MICROIRRIGATION LATERALS;

IRRIGATION CANALS;

DESIGN; HYDRAULICS; IRRIGATION;

EQUATION; FLOW VELOCITY; IRRIGATION; MICROIRRIGATION LATERAL;

EID: 0030300962     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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