Rapid structural design of drip irrigation emitters based on RP technology

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 268-275

  Wei, Zhengying ^a   Tang, Yiping ^a   Zhao, Wanhua ^a   Bingheng, B ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Design; Hydraulic equipment; Irrigation works; Rapid prototypes

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; IRRIGATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

LABYRINTH CHANNELS; LOW-WATER PRESSURE; Q-H-N RELATIONSHIP; WATER SAVING EMITTERS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 34548677334     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540710824760     Document Type: Article

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