18C-405C: Irrigation Engineering Syllabus for Civil Engineering 4th Sem C18 Curriculum TSSBTET

Irrigation Engineering detailed Syllabus for Civil Engineering (DCE), C18 curriculum has been taken from the TSSBTET official website and presented for the diploma students. For Course Code, Course Name, Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Internal Marks, Max Marks, Total Marks, Min Marks and other information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

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Pre requisites

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Course Outcomes:

On completion of this course, the student will be able to

1. CO Solve simple problems of irrigation by applying basic principles and methods.
2. CO Estimate rainfall over a catchment by various methods.
3. CO Explain different parts of head works and weirs and their functions.
4. CO Explain the structural details and construction and maintenance of gravity and earth dams.
5. CO Summarize the data of canals and maintenance of canals,and cross drainage works.
6. CO Develop the concept of water shed and its objectives and maintenance, explain about water conservation .

UNIT – 1: Basics of Irrigation

Duration:12 Periods(L:9.0 – T:3.0)

1. Introduction-Definitions-necessity and scope of irrigation-advantages and disadvantages- perennial and inundation irrigation-flow and lift irrigation-direct and storage irrigation- Methods of irrigation- Border Strip, Furrow, Check basin, Sprinkler & Drip irrigation
2. Principal crop seasons-kharif and Rabi crops.
3. Definition of duty, delta, base period, crop period, kor period -different methods of expressing duty-relationship between duty and delta and base period-factors affecting duty –duty figures for principal crops-simple problems.

UNIT – 2: Basics of Hydrology Duration:8 Periods(L:60 – T:20)

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UNIT – 3: Head Works and Weirs Duration: 8 Periods(L:60 – T:20)

1. Introduction-Classification of head works-storage and diversion, head works- their suitability under different conditions-suitable site for diversion works-general layout of diversion works-brief description of component parts of diversion works,
2. Barrages and Weirs – Brief description of component parts of a weir-percolation-uplif-creep-scour-effect of percolation-list the protective works for a river weir.

UNIT – 4: Gravity dams and Earth dams Duration: 12 Periods (L:90 – T:30)

1. Introduction-Reservoirs and its types-Dams and its functions-types -Factors influencing selection of site for reservoirs and dams.
2. Gravity dams- Definition of various terms such as FRL, MWL, TBL, free board, Dead Storage, Live Storage, Gravity Dam, Spillway-profile of a dam-forces acting -Causes of Failures and remedial measures -Elementary profile -low dam and high dam – free board and top width -sketch the practical profile.
3. Uplift pressure – drainage gallery-spillway-types of spillways and their suitability.
4. Earth dams – locations suitable for Earth Dams, types of earth dams- saturation gradient and phreatic line-Causes of failure of earth dams and remedial measures.

UNIT 5: Distribution works Duration: 10 Periods(L:75- T:25)

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UNIT – 6: Watershed Management Duration: 10 Periods (L:75 – T:25)

1. Introduction- concept of watershed development, objectives of watershed Management, need for watershed development in India-Characteristics of Watershed: size, shape, physiography, slope, climate, drainage, land use, vegetation, geology and soils, hydrology and hydrogeology, socio-economic characteristics- factors affecting watershed management – causes of watershed deterioration and their result-watershed management practices
2. Water Harvesting: Rainwater harvesting, soil moisture conservation, check dams, artificial recharge, and percolation tanks.
3. Soil erosion-Types and causes of erosion, factors affecting erosion, measures to control erosion,-ploughing-trenching-bunding-terracing-check dams-rock fill dams.

Reference Books:

1. Irrigation Engineering by B.R.Gupta.
2. Irrigation Engineering by B.CPunmia
3. Irrigation Engineering and water power engineering by Birdie.
4. Irrigation Engineering by S.K.Garg
5. Watershed Management by JVS Murthy, – New Age International
6. Land and Water Management by VVN Murthy, -Kalyani Publications

Suggested E-learning references

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Suggested Student Activities

1. Tech fest/Srujana
2. Paper/Poster presentation
3. Quiz
4. Group discussion
5. Field visit to nearby irrigation structures and prepare notes.
6. Observe watershed management system in your village and prepare presentation.

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