Normalized Graphs of Border‐Irrigation Performance
Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 110, Issue 4
Abstract
Good irrigation management requires the ability to predict the outcome of any given combination of field and management parameters—soil infiltration characteristics, border length, slope and roughness, and inflow rate and cut‐off time in the case of simple border irrigation. While accurate mathematical models of the border‐irrigation process have been available for some time, their use requires high‐speed digital computing equipment. To eliminate the need for such complicated numerical solutions every time a given combination is to be tested, a set of generalized ultimate‐outcome solutions have been generated and the results presented in a series of dimensionless normalized graphs. These allow determination, with a pocket calculator, of the ultimate distribution of infiltrated water in the field after recession is complete and of the total volume of runoff, which result from any given set of field and management parameters. A numerical example illustrating the procedure is included.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
1.
Clemmens, A. J., Discussion of “Dimensionless Solutions of Border Irrigation Advance,” by Nikolaos D. Katopodes and Theodor Strelkoff, Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division, ASCE, Vol. 104, No. IR3, Sept., 1978, pp. 339–341.
2.
Clemmens, A. J., and Strelkoff, T., “Dimensionless Advance for Level‐Basin Irrigation,” Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division, ASCE, Vol. 105, No. IR3, Proc. Paper 14820, Sept., 1979, pp. 259–273.
3.
Clemmens, A. J., Strelkoff, T., and Dedrick, A. R., “Development of Solutions for Level‐Basin Design,” Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Divison, ASCE, Vol. 107, No. IR3, Proc. Paper 16503, Sept., 1981, pp. 265–279.
4.
“Describing Irrigation Efficiency and Uniformity,” On‐Farm Irrigation Committee of the Irrigation and Drainage Division, E. G. Kruse, Chairman, Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division, ASCE, Vol. 104, No. IR4, 1978, pp. 35–42.
5.
Hart, W. E., Bassett, D. L., and Strelkoff, T., “Surface Irrigation Hydraulics—Kinematics,” Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division, ASCE, Vol. 94, No. IR4, Proc. Paper 6284, Dec., 1968, pp. 419–440.
6.
Katopodes, N. D., and Strelkoff, T., “Dimensionless Solutions of Border‐Irrigation Advance,” Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division, ASCE, Vol. 103, No. IR4, Proc. Paper 13400, Dec., 1977, pp. 401–417.
7.
Merriam, J. L., and Keller, J., “Farm Irrigation System Evaluation: A Guide for Management,” Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering Department, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 1978.
8.
Shatanawi, M. R., “Analysis and Design of Irrigation in Sloping Borders,” dissertation presented to the University of California, at Davis, Calif., in 1980, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
9.
Smith, R. E., “Border Irrigation Advance and Ephemeral Flood Waves,” Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division, ASCE, Vol. 98, No. IR2, Proc. Paper 8979, June, 1972, pp. 289–307.
10.
Strelkoff, T., “BRDRFLW—A Mathematical Model of Border Irrigation,” U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (in press).
11.
Strelkoff, T., and Clemmens, A., “Dimensionless Stream Advance in Sloping Borders,” Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division, ASCE, Vol. 107, No. IR4, Dec., 1981, pp. 361–382.
12.
Strelkoff, T., and Katopodes, N. D., “Border Irrigation Hydraulics with Zero Inertia,” Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division, ASCE, Vol. 103, No. IR3, Proc. Paper 13189, Sept., 1977, pp. 325–342.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 110 • Issue 4 • December 1984
Pages: 359 - 374
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 ASCE.
History
Published online: Dec 1, 1984
Published in print: Dec 1984
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.