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Hydraulic values

Pipe roughness

Pipe material

Roughness ε (mm)

Pipe diameters & cost

Fittings (local head losses)

Network layout

Mainline reaches

Manifold reaches

Laterals

Design layout

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Drip emitter characteristics

Pressure–discharge equation

Source

x (exponent)

H min (m)

H max (m)

Pressure–discharge data pairs

Flow regulator

Emitter with flow regulator

Q max (l/h)

H @ Q max (m)

Variability & grouping

Manufacturing variation CVm (%)

Plugging (%)

Group emitters

Emitters per group

Pump / Hydrant / Reservoir

Hydrant with flow limiter Pump / hydrant without flow limiter Reservoir elevation

Hydrant characteristic (Q = ξ·H up to Qmax)

H max (m)

Q max (l/s)

H @ Q max (m)

Or fit from measured (H,Q) pairs

Pump curve H = A·Q² + B·Q + C

Or fit from 3 (H,Q) points (Lagrangian interpolation)

Upstream reservoir

Elevation (m)

Solve & results

Network / pump–hydrant characteristic curve

Lateral characteristic curves

Per-emitter pressure & discharge

#	Lateral	Position	Elevation (m)	Pressure (m)	Discharge (l/h)

Performance analysis

Uniformity parameters

Pipe size design (optimization)