Mechanized Tube Well Installation provides detailed information on the design development of a mechanized means to install shallow tube wells using a hydraulic driver attached to a small vehicle. This book explores the creation of this technique through the merging of available components, selection of the components, testing of the assembly, and the driving of wells. It also provides comprehensive coverage of state-of-the-art engineering, technology, and best practices as they relate to driving water wells for human consumption, animal care, and irrigation. Mechanized Tube Well Installation is well-aligned with collegiate humanitarian aid, environmental and natural resources engineering, and agricultural equipment engineering design classes at the senior and graduate levels.

About the Author

Robert M. Stwalley III is an associate clinical professor at Purdue and teaches crop production equipment, power units and power trains, the design of off-road vehicles, computer numerical control (CNC) machining, and machine design in the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department.

Grace Baldwin Kan-uge received her collegiate education from Purdue University in the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department. Her research focuses on increasing access to fresh drinking water and improved sanitation across the developing world, with a particular focus in Ghana. Baldwin Kan-uge is the Ghana program director and a senior engineer for Global Resource Connections, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving water resources, food security, health, education, and poverty reduction.

Roger Tormoehlen is a professor in the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department and the former head of the Department of Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication. He teaches safety in agriculture in the Agricultural and Biological Engineering program and is a highly regarded agricultural sciences educator and researcher.

Book Information
ISBN 9781626713116
Author Robert M. Stwalley
Format Paperback
Page Count 111
Imprint Purdue Scholarly Publishing Services
Publisher Purdue Scholarly Publishing Services