Field assessment of friction head loss and friction correction factor equations

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-176

  Alazba, A A ^a   Mattar, M A ^a,b   ElNesr, M N ^a   Amin, M T ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Center pivots; Correction factor; Friction; Head loss; Hydraulics; Irrigation

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRICTION; HYDRAULICS; IRRIGATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

CENTER PIVOT; CORRECTION FACTORS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HEAD LOSS; MATHEMATICAL DERIVATION; MULTIPLE NONLINEAR REGRESSION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DEVIATIONS; STATISTICAL ERRORS;

TRIBOLOGY;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HEADWATER; HYDRAULICS; IRRIGATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 84857985004     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000387     Document Type: Article

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