Effect of geometry under emitter membrane on pressure compensating performance

In order to better understand pressure compensating drip irrigation emitters, an experiment was carried out in order to characterize the effects of emitter dimensions under the membrane on emitter performance. Emitter performance was characterized by two models, an overdamped model and a piecewise model. A comparison of the models found an overdamped model to predict parameters with a greater degree of certainty than the piecewise model. No trends in emitter behavior could be identified with 95% certainty, but slight trends were noted for their ability to possibly inform future emitter design.

Name thesis:degree_name

Bachelor

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• McLaurin, Tristan(Tristan J.)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Amos Winter.

• Mechanical Engineering.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123280

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/123280