Irrigation and Drainage Engineering detail syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri), 2017 regulation is taken from Anna University official website and presented for students of Anna University. The details of the course are: course code (AI8501), Category (PC), Contact Periods/week (3), Teaching hours/week (3), Practical Hours/week (0). The total course credits are given in combined syllabus.
For all other agri 5th sem syllabus for be 2017 regulation anna univ you can visit Agri 5th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 regulation Anna Univ Subjects. The detail syllabus for irrigation and drainage engineering is as follows.”
Course Objective:
- At the completion of the course the students should be able to understand the necessity of planning an irrigation system to provide water at the right time and right place.
- To understand the basic concepts for planning, design and management of land drainage works in cultivated areas
Unit I
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Unit II
Methods of Irrigation
Methods of Irrigation – Surface and Subsurface methods – Drip and Sprinkler – Hydraulics and design – Erodible and non-erodible, Kennedy” s and Lacey” s theories, Materials for lining water courses and field channel, Water control and diversion structure – Underground pipeline irrigation system
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.
Course Outcome:
- The students will have knowledge and skills on Planning, design, operation and management of reservoir system.
- The student will gain knowledge on different methods of irrigation including canal irrigation.
Text Books:
- Dilip Kumar Majumdar., Irrigation Water Management, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi, 2008.
- Michael, A.M., Irrigation Engineering, Vikas Publishers, New Delhi, 2008.
- Garg, S.K., Irrigation Engineering, Laxmi Publications, New Delhi, 2008.
- Ritzema, H.P., Drainage Principles and Applications, Publication No. 16, International Institute of Land Reclamation and Improvement, Netherlands, 1994.
References:
- 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.
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