Irrigation Engineering
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Irrigation Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Irrigation Engineering (subject code 2170609) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 7 divides the course into 2 units, covering 26 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2170609)Unit 1 Module I
- Introduction- Definition
- Benefits and ill effects of irrigation
- Types of irrigation schemes
- Social and environmental considerations
- Irrigation development in India
- Water Requirement of Crops- Soil-water-plant relation- field capacity
- wilting point
- available water
- consumptive use, Irrigation requirements – Net irrigation requirement
- Field irrigation requirement
- Gross Irrigation requirement
- Soil moisture extraction pattern
- Frequency of irrigation
- Principal Indian crops
- Gross command area
- Culturable command area
- Intensity of irrigation
- Duty and delta relation
- Introduction to various methods of application of irrigation water
- Irrigation efficiency
- assessment of irrigation water
Unit 2 Module 2
- Diversion Works: Different stages of a river and their flow characteristics
- Weir and barrages
- Various parts of a weir and their functions
- Exit gradient
- Principles of weir design on permeable formations -Bligh’s creep theory and Khosla’s theory `Note: Term work shall be based on above mentioned syllabus
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