Economic design of center-pivot sprinkler laterals

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 491-498

  Valiantzas, John D ^a   Dercas, Nicholas ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; PIPE;

CENTER-PIVOT LATERALS; SPRINKLER LATERALS;

SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION);

DESIGN; EQUATION; FRICTION LOSS; SPRINKLER;

ECONOMICS; PIPING; SPRINKLERS;

EID: 10244241756     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2004)130:6(491)     Document Type: Article

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