Engineering Thoughts Embedded in Ancient Groundwater Techniques: The Case of Falaj in Oman

Contenu

Mohtashami, Ali, Ghafri, Abdullah Saif al-, et Labbaf Khaneiki, Majid. 2024. « Engineering Thoughts Embedded in Ancient Groundwater Techniques: The Case of Falaj in Oman ». Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering. doi:10.1007/s40996-025-01813-6, bibliographie, consulté le 22 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/55096

Titre

Engineering Thoughts Embedded in Ancient Groundwater Techniques: The Case of Falaj in Oman

Auteur

Mohtashami, Ali Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Ghafri, Abdullah Saif al- Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Labbaf Khaneiki, Majid Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

2025

Dans

Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Résumé

This study aims to examine the engineering design of the falaj system using a wide variety of published documents on its construction and maintenance. A falaj is a hand-dug tunnel that transfers groundwater from aquifers to lower-lying lands. Falaj masters, despite the fact that they are usually illiterate, employ embedded mathematics to calculate the height difference between two points, excavate tunnels, measure tunnel gradient and depth, and locate groundwater infiltration area. Their traditional knowledge is awash with a great deal of mathematical methods, which has turned falaj into a feat of engineering. These methods are primarily based on principles such as proportion, right triangles, similarity of triangles, the intercept theorem, unit conversion, fractions, algebraic equations, and the four basic operations. This study concludes that the technical complexity of falaj system in terms of engineering, is the result of some simple yet effective mathematical calculations that form the core of falaj indigenous knowledge and aflaj masters perceive such equations intuitionally.

Sujet

Engineering of aflaj Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Falaj system Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Indigenous knowledge Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Mathematics Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Langue

eng

doi

10.1007/s40996-025-01813-6

issn

2364-1843

uri

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40996-025-01813-6

Mohtashami, Ali, Ghafri, Abdullah Saif al-, et Labbaf Khaneiki, Majid. 2024. « Engineering Thoughts Embedded in Ancient Groundwater Techniques: The Case of Falaj in Oman ». Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering. doi:10.1007/s40996-025-01813-6, bibliographie, consulté le 22 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/55096