• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.77-85
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• 1999

Irrigation pipeline systems have been recently adopted for irrigation purposes, which was thought to improve irrigation efficiencies. However, if hydraulic characteristics are not evaluated in designing , overpressure due to waterhammer may occur and result in serious problems. Therefore, in this study a model was formulated to simulate unsteady motion of water in a pipeline resulting from valve closure, the applicability of the model owas tested with fiedld data, and the results showed good agreement in maximum piezometric head. Also, simulated maximum piezometric head was compared with designed piezometric head computed by empirical method, and maximum piezometric head in a pipeline resulting from valve closure was simulated and analyzed with varing surge tank's position and diameter.