Date of Award:

5-1952

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Department name when degree awarded

Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Committee Chair(s)

Vaughn E. Hansen

Committee

Vaughn E. Hansen

Abstract

Agriculture, industry, and community life continue to impose great demands upon available sources of water, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. Efficient utilization of water, demanding careful distribution and use, implies flow measurement.

The coordinate method for measuring pipe flow finds some application in industry where estimates must be made of the flow of fluids containing relatively large amounts of suspended solids that would render other measuring devices ineffective. Widest application may be found, however, in agriculture where a simple, quick, and inexpensive means for estimating well flow, pump discharge, drain efflux, etc., is necessary if the farmers are to do their part in the judicious use of irrigation water.

The general coordinate method is interpreted and applied in different ways by several writers. All presentations of the methods are limited in some major respect. It is hoped that a greater understanding of the hydraulic phenomena involved will help to overcome these limitations and will enhance the utility of the method.

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