COMPUTER SIMULATION AIDED IMPROVEMENT OF SURFACE IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY

El-Adl, Mohsen A.

doi:10.21608/mjae.2010.107163

COMPUTER SIMULATION AIDED IMPROVEMENT OF SURFACE IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Mohsen A. El-Adl

Assoc. Prof., Agric. Eng. Dept., Faculty of Agric., Mansoura University, Egypt.

10.21608/mjae.2010.107163

Abstract

Under Egyptian old land circumstances, the simulation models technique may be more appreciable and less cost manner_,to improve surface irrigation effectiveness and increase application efficiency. Forecasting using computer model for simulation of On-farm water management is important to design and evaluate the system application efficiency especially under many dependent factors that affect the system design.
The objective of the herein research is to improve surface border and furrow irrigation systems performance through simulation models. Field evaluation was carried out to generate data required for the model. The surface irrigation improvement computer aided design model was developed to simulate the performance of the border and furrow irrigation systems under various conditions. Models' predictions matched actual data with minimum acceptable errors.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Agricultural Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

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