Study on hydraulic performance of drip emitters by computational fluid dynamics

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 130-136

  Wei, Qingsong ^a   Shi, Yusheng ^a,c   Dong, Wenchu ^b   Lu, Gang ^a   Huang, Shuhuai ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Drip emitters; Hydraulic performance; Labyrinth channel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DRIP EMITTERS; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; LABYRINTH CHANNEL;

WATER RESOURCES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WATER RESOURCES;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRIP IRRIGATION; FLOW PATTERN; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; VELOCITY;

EID: 33745213143     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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