Simulation of the soil wetting shape under porous pipe sub-irrigation using dimensional analysis

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 389-398

  Shu, Qiaosheng ^a,b   Liu, Zuoxin ^a   Wang, Zhenying ^a   Liang, Haijun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dimensional analysis; Porous pipe; Soil wetting shape; Sub irrigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547786091     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.290     Document Type: Article

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