Impact of water temperature and structural parameters on the hydraulic labyrinth-channel emitter performance

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 580-593

  Al Amoud, Ahmed I ^a   Mattar, Mohamed A ^a,b   Ateia, Mohamed I ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Emission uniformity; Emitter structural design; Manufacturer's coefficient of variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905686356     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2014123-4990     Document Type: Article

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