Hydrology and Irrigation Engineering Civil 7th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme

Hydrology and Irrigation Engineering detail syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17CV73), 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 7th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Civil 7th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. The detail syllabus for hydrology and irrigation engineering is as follows.

Course Objectives:

This course will enable students to;

1. Understand the concept of hydrology and components of hydrologic cycle such as pricipitation, infiltration, evaporation and transpiration.
2. Quantify runoff and use concept of unit hydrograph.
3. Demonstrate different methods of irrigation, methods of application of water and irrigation procedure.
4. Design canals and canal network based on the water requirement of various crops.
5. Determine the reservoir capacity.

Module 1

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Module 2

Losses: Evaporation: Introduction, Process, factors affecting evaporation, measurement using IS class-A Pan, estimation using empirical formulae (Meyer’s and Rohwer’s equations) Reservoir evaporation and control Evapo-transpiration: Introduction, Consumptive use, AET, PET, Factors affecting, Measurement, Estimation by Blaney-Criddle equation, Infiltration: Introduction, factors affecting infiltration capacity, measurement by double ring infiltrometer, Horton’s infiltration equation, infiltration indices.

Module 3

Runoff: Definition, concept of catchment, factors affecting runoff, rainfall – runoff relationship using regression analysis.
Hydrographs: Definition, components of hydrograph, base flow separation, unit hydrograph, assumption, application and limitations, derivation from simple storm hydrographs, S curve and its computations, Conversion of UH of different durations

Module 4

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Module 5

Canals: Types of canals. Alignment of canals. Definition of gross command area, cultural command area, intensity of irrigation, time factor, crop factor. Unlined and lined canals. Standard sections. Design of canals by Lacey’s and Kennedy’s method. Reservoirs: Definition, investigation for reservoir site, storage zones determination of storage capacity using mass curves, economical height of dam.

Course Outcomes:

After studying this course, students will be able to:

1. Understand the importance of hydrology and its components.
2. Measure precipitation and analyze the data and analyze the losses in precipitation.
3. Estimate runoff and develop unit hydrographs.
4. Find the benefits and ill-effects of irrigation.
5. Find the quantity of irrigation water and frequency of irrigation for various crops.
6. Find the canal capacity, design the canal and compute the reservoir capacity.

Program

Course Objectives:

• Engineering knowledge
• Problem analysis
• Interpretation of data

Text Books:

1. K. Subramanya, Engineering Hydrology, Tata McGraw Hill Publishers, New Delhi.
2. Jayarami Reddy, A Text Book of Hydrology, Lakshmi Publications, New Delhi.
3. Punmia and LalPandey, Irrigation and Water Power Engineering Lakshmi Publications, New Delhi.

Reference Books:

1. H.M. Raghunath, Hydrology, Wiley Eastern Publication, New Delhi.
2. Sharma R.K., Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulics, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi.
3. VenTe Chow, Applied Hydrology, Tata McGraw Hill Publishers, New Delhi.
4. Modi P.N Water Resources and Water Power Engineering-. Standard book house, Delhi.
5. Garg S.K, Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulic Structures Khanna publications, New Delhi.

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