Soil moisture distribution under trickle irrigation: A review

A Bajpai, A Kaushal - Water Supply, 2020 - iwaponline.com
The wetting pattern of soil under trickle (drip) irrigation is governed by soil texture, structure,
initial water content, emitter spacing, discharge rate and irrigation frequency. For efficient …

Modeling of soil moisture movement and wetting behavior under point-source trickle irrigation

DK Vishwakarma, R Kumar, SA Abed, N Al-Ansari… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The design and selection of ideal emitter discharge rates can be aided by accurate
information regarding the wetted soil pattern under surface drip irrigation. The current field …

Evaluation and development of empirical models for wetted soil fronts under drip irrigation in high-density apple crop from a point source

DK Vishwakarma, R Kumar, A Kumar, NL Kushwaha… - Irrigation Science, 2023 - Springer
Accurate measurement of soil wetting pattern from the point source of drip irrigation system
plays an important role for designing of the irrigation system. The study evaluated a novel …

Experimental and numerical investigations for optimal emitter spacing in drip irrigation

AR Ghumman, M Iqbal, S Ahmed… - Irrigation and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
With the goal of determining optimal emitter spacing in drip irrigation, experiments were
performed to examine the effects of emitter discharge on the wetted perimeter and spacing …

An improved empirical model for estimating the geometry of the soil wetting front with surface drip irrigation

I Cristóbal-Muñoz, JV Prado-Hernández… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wetting pattern geometry is useful in determining the spacing between emitters and the
irrigation time in drip irrigation systems. This research aimed to generate an empirical model …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling soil water redistribution under surface drip irrigation

FDD Arraes, JH Miranda, SN Duarte - Engenharia Agrícola, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
The main objective of this study was to develop a numerical model to simulate water
distribution, and the shape of the wetted soil volume, resulting from a point source irrigation …

An Empirical Model for Aeolian Sandy Soil Wetting Front Estimation with Subsurface Drip Irrigation

W Qiao, Z Luo, D Lin, Z Zhang, S Wang - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
In subsurface irrigation systems in desert areas, the wetting front transport pattern allows the
determination of irrigation flow and timing. In this study, an indoor subsurface irrigation …

[HTML][HTML] Water dynamics under drip irrigation to proper manage water use in arid zone

SKL Ouédraogo, MB Kébré, F Zougmoré - Journal of Agricultural …, 2020 - scirp.org
The water resources reduction due to climate changes and also population increase, have
contributed to increasing the constraint on water disponibility and accessibility. In the …

[PDF][PDF] Soil moisture profile analysis using tensiometer under different discharge rates of drip emitter

S Shekhar, M Kumar, A Kumari… - International Journal of …, 2017 - researchgate.net
The adoption of tensiometer has increase since last decades for the measurement of
tenacity of moisture due to ease in measurement and also their accuracy. It works on the …

Soil surface wetting pattern under trickle source in arid lands: badia regions

A Abu-Awwad, J Al-Bakri… - Jordan Journal of …, 2017 - archives.ju.edu.jo
Arid regions are characterized by fragile soils that differ in behavior according to their
physical and chemical compositions. In this study, the wetted soil surface area was …