Numerical Modelling and Experimental Investigation of Water Distribution in Stratified Soil Under Subsurface Trickle | ||
| Anbar Journal of Engineering Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 2, November 2020, Pages 94-101 PDF (2.17 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.37649/aengs.2023.176836 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ayad K. Mohammed* 1; Basim Sh. Abed2 | ||
| 1Water Resources Eng., University of Baghdad | ||
| 2College of Engineering , University of Baghdad | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The studying of the distribution of wetting patterns in soils having a stratified profile is of great importance due to the presence of this type of profile in abundance in agricultural lands, including greenhouses. Therefore, there was a need to develop a numerical program that predicts the dimensions of the wet area of the subsurface drip irrigation system under different operating conditions for purpose design and manage these systems properly to avoid water losses resulting from evaporation or deep penetration. The present study aims to develop a two-dimension model simulates the wetting pattern in stratified soils using (HYDRUS-2D) software and study the effect of soil hydraulic properties and different operating conditions on the progress of the wetness pattern and the interference pattern between two wetting fronts. Laboratory experiments were carried out for the system of subsurface drip irrigation in stratified soils that consisted of three layers (silty clay loam soil, loamy sand soil, and sand soil) arranged from bottom to up. Three different emitter flow rates 0.5, 1, and 2 l/h were tested, as well as three different initial moisture contents for each soil layer were considered. The interference pattern between two wetting fronts of two emitters with different spacing between emitters 30, 40, and 50 cm was studied. A numerical model was developed to guess the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the wetting zone for the single emitter and the pattern of interference between the two wetting fronts of two emitters. The predicted values obtained from the numerical model were compared with those obtained from laboratory experiments. Statistical analysis of the obtained data showed that the developed numerical model has a good ability to guess the dimensions of the wet pattern of the single and the two emitters and there were good agreements between the predicted and the experiments results and minimum values of RMSE ranged between 0. 5 and 3.6 were achieved. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Water Distribution; Drip irrigation; Stratified Soils | ||
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