Degradation Behaviour and Field Performance of Experimental Biodegradable Drip Irrigation Systems

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 341-361

  Briassoulis, Demetres ^a   Babou, Epifania ^a   Hiskakis, Miltiadis ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biodegradable plastics; Biodegradation; Drippers; Irrigation pipes; Irrigation thin wall pipes

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; BIOFLEX; DRIP IRRIGATION; DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; DRIPPERS; ELONGATION AT BREAK; EXPOSURE-TIME; FIELD PERFORMANCE; FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENT; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; IRRIGATION PERIOD; IRRIGATION PIPES; MATER-BI; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; REAL SOILS; RIGID PIPES; SIMULTANEOUS FORMATION; THIN WALLS; THIN-WALL PIPE; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS;

BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; ELONGATION; HYDRAULICS; IRRIGATION; PIPE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

BIODEGRADATION; CRACK; DRIP IRRIGATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIPE; PLASTIC; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79957841639     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-011-0288-2     Document Type: Article

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