Modeling of Irrigation and Drainage Canals for Controller Design
Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 125, Issue 6
Abstract
Schuurmans et al. (1995a) presented a model for the design of water level controllers for irrigation and drainage canals that describes the essential characteristics of the processes relevant for canal control (such as water movements and control structures). This paper evaluates the accuracy of this model in two ways: (1) by comparing its frequency response with a model based on a finite difference approximation of the linearized St. Venant equations, and (2) by comparing simulation results with data from field experiments. Using these results, we characterize the accuracy of the model and discuss how these results can be taken into account in controller design.
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Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 125 • Issue 6 • December 1999
Pages: 338 - 344
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Received: Oct 30, 1997
Published online: Dec 1, 1999
Published in print: Dec 1999
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