Determination of Hydraulic Characteristics of Porous Pipe Irrigation Laterals and Water Distribution Pattern in Sandy Soil

Irrigation systems are well known for their low efficiencies. Microirrigation system is becoming popular even in humid areas because of the many advantages it offers. Microirrigation is really the first irrigation method that can potentially maximize productivity while conserving soil, water and...

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Main Author: Islam, Md Fakrul
Format: Thesis
Language:English
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Published: 1999
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10368/1/FK_1999_35_A.pdf
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spelling my-upm-ir.103682011-08-10T07:05:04Z Determination of Hydraulic Characteristics of Porous Pipe Irrigation Laterals and Water Distribution Pattern in Sandy Soil 1999-12 Islam, Md Fakrul Irrigation systems are well known for their low efficiencies. Microirrigation system is becoming popular even in humid areas because of the many advantages it offers. Microirrigation is really the first irrigation method that can potentially maximize productivity while conserving soil, water and fertilizer resources and simultaneously protecting the environment. Since a micro irrigation system can achieve very high application efficiency, it should be further explored even for supplemental irrigation in a high-rainfall tropical country like Malaysia, with annual rainfall exceeding 2500mm. Porous pipe is useful both for surface and subsurface micro irrigation systems and it can be used in a variety of ways to meet any irrigation need. However very little information is available about the discharge uniformity, operating characteristics and the moisture distribution pattern of porous pipe irrigation laterals. This research work on the hydraulics of two types of porous pipe was carried out to determine such performance criteria as the pressure-discharge relationship, pressure headloss, friction factor Reynolds number relationship and water dispersion in the soil. The water distribution pattern was observed in a soil box. Several lengths of imported porous pipes were subjected to various upstream pressure inputs to determine the average discharge along the lateral and the associated pressure losses. Sandy soils Hydraulics Irrigation engineering - Malaysia 1999-12 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10368/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10368/1/FK_1999_35_A.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Sandy soils Hydraulics Irrigation engineering - Malaysia Faculty of Engineering English
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language English
English
topic Sandy soils
Hydraulics
Irrigation engineering - Malaysia
spellingShingle Sandy soils
Hydraulics
Irrigation engineering - Malaysia
Islam, Md Fakrul
Determination of Hydraulic Characteristics of Porous Pipe Irrigation Laterals and Water Distribution Pattern in Sandy Soil
description Irrigation systems are well known for their low efficiencies. Microirrigation system is becoming popular even in humid areas because of the many advantages it offers. Microirrigation is really the first irrigation method that can potentially maximize productivity while conserving soil, water and fertilizer resources and simultaneously protecting the environment. Since a micro irrigation system can achieve very high application efficiency, it should be further explored even for supplemental irrigation in a high-rainfall tropical country like Malaysia, with annual rainfall exceeding 2500mm. Porous pipe is useful both for surface and subsurface micro irrigation systems and it can be used in a variety of ways to meet any irrigation need. However very little information is available about the discharge uniformity, operating characteristics and the moisture distribution pattern of porous pipe irrigation laterals. This research work on the hydraulics of two types of porous pipe was carried out to determine such performance criteria as the pressure-discharge relationship, pressure headloss, friction factor Reynolds number relationship and water dispersion in the soil. The water distribution pattern was observed in a soil box. Several lengths of imported porous pipes were subjected to various upstream pressure inputs to determine the average discharge along the lateral and the associated pressure losses.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Islam, Md Fakrul
author_facet Islam, Md Fakrul
author_sort Islam, Md Fakrul
title Determination of Hydraulic Characteristics of Porous Pipe Irrigation Laterals and Water Distribution Pattern in Sandy Soil
title_short Determination of Hydraulic Characteristics of Porous Pipe Irrigation Laterals and Water Distribution Pattern in Sandy Soil
title_full Determination of Hydraulic Characteristics of Porous Pipe Irrigation Laterals and Water Distribution Pattern in Sandy Soil
title_fullStr Determination of Hydraulic Characteristics of Porous Pipe Irrigation Laterals and Water Distribution Pattern in Sandy Soil
title_full_unstemmed Determination of Hydraulic Characteristics of Porous Pipe Irrigation Laterals and Water Distribution Pattern in Sandy Soil
title_sort determination of hydraulic characteristics of porous pipe irrigation laterals and water distribution pattern in sandy soil
granting_institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department Faculty of Engineering
publishDate 1999
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10368/1/FK_1999_35_A.pdf
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