Application of drag reducing commercial and purified guargum for reduction of energy requirement of sprinkler irrigation and percolation rate of the soil

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-118

  Phukan, S ^a   Kumar, P ^a   Panda, J ^a   Nayak, B R ^a   Tiwari, K N ^a   Singh, R P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Drag reduction; Energy requirement; Guargum; Percolation; Sprinkler irrigation

Indexed keywords

DRAG; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; LAMINAR FLOW; POLYMER; SOIL; SPRINKLER; TURBULENT FLOW;

DRAG; IRRIGATION; POLYMER; VISCOSITY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0035104365     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(00)00103-7     Document Type: Article

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