Irrigation and Drainage Engineering detailed syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Agri students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Agriculture Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Agri 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of irrigation and drainage engineering is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
WATER RESOURCES AND IRRIGATION REQUIREMENT Water Resources- River basins-Development and Utilization in India and Tamil Nadu-Irrigation -duty and delta – Rooting characteristics – Moisture use of crop, Evapotranspiration – ET plot – Crop water requirement – Effective rainfall – Scheduling – Irrigation requirement – Irrigation frequency, Irrigation efficiencies.
Unit II
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Unit III
DIVERSION AND IMPOUNDING STRUCTURES Head works -Weirs and Barrage -Types of impounding structures – Factors affecting, location of dams -Forces on a dam -Design of Gravity dams- Earth dams, Arch dams – Spillways -Energy dissipaters.
Unit IV
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Unit V
AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE Agricultural drainage – Drainage coefficient; principles of flow through soils, Darcy”s law -infiltration theory, Surface drainage systems – Subsurface drainage – Design of subsurface drainage – Pipe materials – mole drains, drainage wells, Leaching requirements – irrigation and drainage water quality – recycling of drainage water for irrigation.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Basak, N.N., “Irrigation Engineering”, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co, New Delhi, 2008.
- Murthy, V.V.N. Land and water management, Kalyani publishing, New Delhi, 1998.
- Bhattacharya, A.K., and Michael, A.M., “Land Drainage – Principles, Methods and Applications”, Konark Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2003.
- Irrigation water Management, Training Manual No 6, Drainage of Irrigated Lands, Food and Agriculture Organisation, Rome 1996
- Kessler, J., “Drainage Principles and Applications”, Vol. II and IV, International Institute of Land Reclamation and Improvement, Netherlands, 1979.
Course Outcomes:
- The students will have knowledge and skills on Planning, design, operation and management of Water Resources and Irrigation Requirement.
- The student will gain knowledge on different methods of irrigation including canal irrigation.
- Obtain knowledge on different types Diversion and Impounding Structures
- Understand the concept Canal Irrigation and Command Area Development
- Understand the concept recycling of drainage water for irrigation.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Agriculture Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit Agri 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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