BSEN 4210. Irrigation System Design For Biosystems (3) Lec. 2 hrs/wk, Lab. 3 hrs/wk. Theory and design of irrigation systems for the application of water and wastewater including surveying techniques and soil-plant-atmospheric relationships for system design. Systems include solid-set, traveler, center-pivot and trickle.
Required for students in the Biosystems Engineering curriculum.
Textbook: Principles of Farm Irrigation System Design, Larry James, 1993, Krieger Publishing, Malabar, Florida
Course Objectives: The student will learn how to:
1. determine the appropriate information required to design a complete and efficient irrigation system;
2. determine where to acquire the data for an irrigation design;
3. apply the collected data to design an irrigation system;
4. analyze alternative methods of irrigation design and utilization; and
5. incorporate irrigation design methodologies to wastewater applications.
Topics Covered:
Course contributes to the professional component by serving as one of the engineering science and engineering design courses.
Course contributes to the following program outcomes: a) knowledge of math, science, and engineering, c) design a system, component, or process, (e) identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems, and k) techniques, skills and engineering tools for practice
