Comparative Analysis of Hydraulic Calculation Methods in Design of Microirrigation Laterals

The hydraulic design of a lateral or a submain unit in a microirrigation system has been a problem tackled by many authors. In applications of previous analytical approaches for trickle lateral hydraulic computation, it is generally assumed that the emitter outflow along the lateral is constant. However, significant deviations from accurate numerical solutions in hydraulic analysis could be caused by this basic assumption of constant emitter...