Hydraulic Structures Civil 8th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme (Professional Elective -5)

Hydraulic Structures detail syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17CV832), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other civil 8th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Civil 8th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective -5 subjects do refer to Professional Elective -5. The detail syllabus for hydraulic structures is as follows.

Course Objectives:

This course will enable students to; Analyze and design gravity dams. Find the cross-section of earth dam and estimate the seepage loss. Design spillways and aprons for diversion works. Design CD works and chose appropriate canal regulation works.

Module 1

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Module 2

Earth Dams: Introduction, causes of failure of earth dams, preliminary section, Determination of parametric line by Casagrande’s method. Estimation of seepage.

Module 3

Spillways: Types, Design of Ogee spillway, Upstream and downstream profiles, Energy dissipation devices. Diversion Head works: Design of aprons- Bligh’s and Koshla’s theory, Simple Problems

Module 4

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Module 5

Canal Regulation Works: Introduction, Function of a regulator. Canal falls: Necessity and types. Canal outlets: Necessity and types.

Course Outcomes:

After studying this course, students will be able to: Check the stability of gravity dams and design the dam. Estimate the quantity of seepage through earth dams. Design spillways and aprons for various diversion works. Select particular type of canal regulation work for canal network.

Course Objectives:

1. Engineering knowledge
2. Problem analysis
3. Interpretation of data

Text Books:

1. S. K. Garg, Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulic Structures, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.
2. Punmia and PandeyLal, Irrigation and Water Power Engineering Lakshmi Publications, New Delhi.
3. K. R. Arora. Irrigation, Water Power and Water Resources Engineering Standard Publications, New Delhi.

Reference Books:

1. R. K. Sharma, Text Book of Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulic Structures, Oxford and IBH, New Delhi.
2. P. N. Modi, Irrigation, Water Resources and Water Power, Standard Book House, New Delhi.

For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Civil, 2017 regulation do visit Civil 8th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.

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