Reliability of Steady Surface Profile in Irrigation Canal

A reliability problem in irrigation canal systems where the water demand fluctuates stochastically is examined. A flow model of open channel with control structures is developed to include the lateral withdrawal, in which the flow rate is suddenly changeable temporally and spatially. Discussion is f...

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Published in:Journal of irrigation and drainage engineering 1997-01, Vol.123 (1), p.13-18
Main Authors: Unami, Koichi, Kawachi, Toshihiko, Yangyuoru, Macarius, Hasegawa, Takashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural and forest climatology and meteorology. Irrigation. Drainage
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
agua
Biological and medical sciences
canal
canales
canals
debit
eau
flow rate
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
gasto
General agronomy. Plant production
irrigation systems
Irrigation. Drainage
matematicas
mathematical models
mathematics
mathematique
modele mathematique
modelos matematicos
mouvement de l' eau dans le sol
movimiento del agua en el suelo
reseau d' irrigation
sistemas de riego
soil water movement
TECHNICAL PAPERS
uso del agua
utilisation de l' eau
water
water use
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Summary:A reliability problem in irrigation canal systems where the water demand fluctuates stochastically is examined. A flow model of open channel with control structures is developed to include the lateral withdrawal, in which the flow rate is suddenly changeable temporally and spatially. Discussion is focussed on the propriety of a steady flow surface profile for an averaged water demand pattern. Assuming that the temporal evolution of unsteady flow surface profile is a Markov process, the theory of statistics is applied. Since the probability density function is governed by the Fokker-Planck partial differential equation, evaluating the reliability that the disturbance of surface profile around the steady state is small enough, is reduced to solving the heat equation deduced from a geometrical consideration. The acquired concept is applied to the design problem of a reliable steady surface profile. Computations are performed through roughly two stages, i.e., the approximation of the diffusion tensor that constitutes the coefficient matrix of the governing equation using the flow model and the diagonalization of the diffusion tensor.
ISSN:0733-9437
1943-4774
DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(1997)123:1(13)