Design of Hydrauilic Structures
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Design of Hydrauilic Structures Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Design of Hydrauilic Structures (subject code 2180601) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 8 divides the course into 5 units, covering 13 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 (2180601)Unit 1 Module 1
- Elements of dam engineering Classification of dams
- their merits and demerits
- characteristics of concrete and embankment dams
- site selection of dam and selection of type of dam
Unit 2 Module 2
- Embankment dam engineering: Nature and classification of soil- engineering characteristics of soil
- principles of design – Material and construction- Internal seepage – Stability analysis and stresses
- Phreatic line in earth dam, Settlement and deformation in rock fill embankments
Unit 3 Module 3
- Concrete dam engineering: Loading -Concepts and criteria
- Gravity dam analysis design features and stability- Principal stress
- elementary profile of gravity dam, practical profile of dam, low and high gravity dam, joints and galleries in dam- Concrete for dams –roller compacted concrete gravity dams
Unit 4 Module 4
- Dam outlet works: Spillways – Ogee spillway - cavitation on spillway – design features- design principles and design of spillways Design of a Chute spillways –Energy dissipation – stilling basins – plunge pools
Unit 5 Module 5
- Drop structure Design of a Sarda fall and Glacis fall
- Design of Cross regulator and head regulator Note: Term work shall be based on above mentioned syllabus
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