Numerical investigation of the clogging mechanism in labyrinth channel of the emitter

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1598-1612

  Jun, Zhang ^a   Wanhua, Zhao ^a   Yiping, Tang ^a   Zhengying, Wei ^a   Bingheng, Lu ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clogging; Emitter; Labyrinth channel; Moving trajectory; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRIGATION; REYNOLDS EQUATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EMITTER CLOGGING; LABYRINTH CHANNEL; MOVING TRAJECTORY;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRIGATION; REYNOLDS EQUATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 34250659775     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1935     Document Type: Article

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