4012: Irrigation Engineering KL Diploma Syllabus for Civil 4th Sem 2015 Revision SITTTR

Irrigation Engineering detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2015 revision curriculum has been taken from the SITTTRs official website and presented for the Civil 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 Civil Engineering 4th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 4th Sem 2015 revision scheme. The detailed syllabus of irrigation engineering is as follows.

Course Outcomes:

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SPECIFIC OUTCOME

Upon completion of the study, the student should be able to: MODULE -I

1. Understand the basic methods of irrigation and water requirement of crop
   1. Define the term Irrigation
   2. States the necessity for irrigation
   3. List advantages and disadvantages of irrigation
   4. List the various types of irrigation
   5. Distinguish between
      1. Perennial and inundation irrigation
      2. Flow and lift irrigation
      3. Storage and direct irrigation
2. Understand about the water requirement for crops
   1. State principal crops in India and their seasons (Rabi & Kharif)
   2. State different methods of expressing duty
   3. Define Duty, Delta, Base period, Crop Period.
   4. State the relationship between duty and delta.
3. Apply the concept of water requirements
   1. Derive the relation between Duty, Delta and Base period.
   2. State the factors affecting duty and Delta
   3. Solve the problems on duty
4. Understand the runoff and maximum flood discharge of a catchment
   1. Define the terms rain fall, run-off
   2. State the factors affecting run-off
   3. List the factors for selecting suitable site for a rain gauge station
   4. Explain the methods of measuring rainfall with rain gauges
   5. Explain the setting and maintaining rain gauge stations
   6. Define terms-catchment, intercepted catchment
   7. State the characteristics of good, average and bad catchment
   8. Explain the method of estimating average rainfall over a catchment
   9. Describe gauge, gauge well and automatic water level recorder
   10. Explain the methods of measuring velocity by floats, velocity rod and current meters
   11. Describe the maximum flood discharge from rainfall records by Ryves and Dickens formula.
   12. Explain H.F.L marks, and gauge reading

MODULE II

1. Understand the head works for a diversion scheme and protective works for resisting percolation
   1. Classify the head works and their suitability under different conditions
   2. Identify the suitable site for diversion works
   3. List the factors to be considered for selection of site for diversion works.
   4. Describe with sketch the general layout of diversion works, showing its component parts.
   5. Describe with sketch the component parts of a weir
   6. Distinguish between barrage and weirs, Head regulator and Scouring sluice 2.1.7Desribe the flood banks and other protective works
   7. Explain the percolation, Percolation gradient, Up-lift pressure, Exit velocity, scour, solid and loose aprons
   8. Describe the effect of percolation on irrigation works

MODULE- III

1. Understand the reservoirs and gravity dams
   1. List the different types of dams
   2. Describe the factors influencing selection of site and surveys, site investigation required for reservoirs and dams.
   3. Describe the terms: full reservoir level, maximum water level, top bund level, dead storage, live storage, free board, gravity dam, spill way, Evaporation, Evaporation losses in reservoirs
   4. Distinguish between rigid dam and non rigid dam
   5. List forces acting on a gravity dam.
   6. Describe the failure of gravity dams and remedial measures.
   7. Distinguish between low and high dams
   8. Describe with sketch the practical profile of a low dam
   9. Describe with sketch drainage gallery, construction joints and their functions
   10. Describe with sketch different types of spillways.
   11. Define saturation gradient, phreatic line.
2. List the types of earth dams with sketches of typical cross sections.
   1. Describe the causes of failure of earth dams and preventive measures.
   2. Describe the drainage arrangements of an earth dam.
   3. Explain the situations suitable for earth dams
3. Understand the Regulating arrangements
   1. Describe with sketches the head well and tower head types of tank sluices and regulating arrangements
   2. Describe with sketches flush escape, the different types of surplus weirs.

MODULE -IV

1. Understand the basic ideas about canals, cross masonry and cross drainage works
   1. State classification of canals.
   2. Define the term berms .
   3. Sketch typical cross section of canal in cutting, partial cutting and partial embankment
   4. Describe terms: balanced depth of cutting, regime channel.
   5. Describe the necessity and types of canal linings.
   6. Describe maintenance required for canal and their regulation.
   7. Describe with sketches – canal sluices, drops and escapes and their functions.
   8. Describe with sketches aqueduct. Super passage, under tunnel, siphon level crossing, inlet and outlet
2. Know the causes of soil erosion and methods of prevention of soil erosion
   1. Define term soil erosion.
   2. Describe causes and effects of soil erosion
   3. Describe methods of prevention of soil erosion

MODULE – I

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MODULE -II

Diversion Head works:

1. 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 a weir.
2. Barrage and weirs.
3. Head Regulator -scouring sluice – flood banks and other protective works (only description).
4. Percolation – percolation gradient – up lift pressure, effect of percolation on irrigation works, up lift pressure and exit velocity – scour – protective works – solid and loose aprons.

MODULE- III

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MODULE -IV

Irrigation canals and soil erosion: Distribution works.

1. Canals – classification – typical cross section of canal in cutting, embankment, partial cutting and embankment – berms – standard dimensions – balancing depth of cutting- regime channel, necessity and types of canal lining – maintenance of canals.(Only in brief).
2. Canal regulation – sluice – drops – escapes and their functions,
3. Cross drainage works – necessity – general description of aqueducts – super passage, under tunnel -siphon – level crossing – inlet and outlet. (Brief explanation and diagram only)
4. Soil erosion – causes and effects of soil erosion, methods of prevention of soil erosion.

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