Modified Hazen-Williams and Darcy-Weisbach equations for friction and local head losses along irrigation laterals

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 342-350

  Valiantzas, John D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flow resistance; Friction; Losses; Sprinkler irrigation; Trickle irrigation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; FRICTION; PIPE; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION);

FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTION LOSS; IRRIGATION LATERALS; POWER-FORM FLOW RESISTANCE;

IRRIGATION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; IRRIGATION;

COMPUTATION; FRICTION; IRRIGATION; PIPING;

EID: 23044509551     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2005)131:4(342)     Document Type: Article

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