Evaluation of the hydraulic performance of a porous-pipe drip irrigation system

Code (CO)	MSI99P2321
Author (AU)	Teeluck, M.
Organisation (OR)	University of Sydney, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Crop Sciences, Sydney, AU
Title - English (ET)	Evaluation of the hydraulic performance of a porous-pipe drip irrigation system
Thesis-Parent title (TH)	Thesis, Master of Agriculture
Document Type(DT)	Thesis
Date of publication (DP)	1996
Source (SO)	77 p., 24 figs, 4 tbls, 2 pls
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En
Abstract (AB)	The hydraulic performance of a porous-pipe lateral produced from recycled automobile tyres and designed for sub surface micro-irrigation was evaluated in the laboratory. The porous pipe, a new type of drip lateral made up of fine rubber pellets mixed with a thermoplastic binder and extruded into a tube of 16mm internal diameter, weeps water through its entire surface as water is passed through it under pressure. The laboratory tests aimed at (i) determining the effects of applied pressures and filtration on emission rates of the product, (ii) assessing the uniformity of water application of the system under the different operating conditions, and (iii) assessing friction losses and friction parameters affecting flow rates.
Descriptors - English (DE)	EMISSION RATE IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT HYDRAULIC POTENTIAL FRICTION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS TRICKLE IRRIGATION FRICTION LOSSES FRICTION PARAMETERS POROUS PIPE LATERAL
Sort Key 1(K1)	Water use and management
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Irrigation: Drip irrigation
Date record entered (DA)	1996-08-26
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Location (LO)	LIB
Processing status (PS)	CAT
Number of copies (NC)	1
MSIRI Staff (MS)	irrig