Water Resources Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Water Resources Engineering (subject code DI04006041) as prescribed for Electronics · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 46 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 (DI04006041)Unit 1 Introduction to Hydrology
- 1.1 Hydrology: Definition and Hydrological cycle. 1.2 Rain Gauge: Recording rain gauge
- Non recording rain gauge. 1.3 Methods of calculating average rainfall: Arithmetic mean
- Isohyetal, and Theissen polygon method. 1.4 Runoff
- Factors affecting Run off, Computation of run–off. 1.5 Maximum Flood Discharge measurement: Rational and empirical methods
- Simple numerical problems. 1.6 Yield and Dependable yield of a catchment
- determination of dependable yield
Unit 2 Crop water requirement and Reservoir Planning
- 2.1 Irrigation and its classification. 2.2 Crop Water requirement: Cropping seasons
- Crop period
- base period
- Delta, CCA, GCA, intensity of irrigation
- factors affecting duty
- Problems on water requirement and capacity of canal. 2.3 Methods of application of irrigation water and its assessment. 2.4 Surveys for irrigation project
- data collection for irrigation project. 2.5 Area capacity curve. 2.6 Silting of reservoir
- Rate of silting
- factors affecting silting and control measures. 2.7 Control levels in reservoir
- Simple numerical problems on Fixing Control levels
Unit 3 Dams and Spillways
- 3.1 Dams and its classification: Earthen dams and Gravity dams (masonry and concrete). 3.2 Earthen Dams–Components with function
- typical cross section
- seepage through embankment and foundation and its control. 3.3 Methods of construction of earthen dam, types of failure of earthen dam and preventive measures. 3.4 Gravity Dams–Forces acting on dam, Theoretical and practical profile
- drainage gallery
- joints in gravity dam, concept of high dam and low dam. 3.5 Spillways-Definition
- types and components
- Energy dissipaters
Unit 4 Minor and Micro Irrigation
- 4.1 Bandhara irrigation: Layout
- construction and 06 Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Civil Engineering Subject Code: DI04006041 Subject Name: Water Resources Engineering working
- solid and open bandhara. 4.2 Percolation Tanks – Need
- selection of site. 4.3 Lift irrigation Scheme-Components and their functions
- Lay out. 4.4 Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation- Need
- components and Layout. 4.5 Well irrigation: types and yield of wells
- advantages and disadvantages of well irrigation. 4.6 Soil Moisture zone of distribution below ground surface
Unit 5 Diversion Head Works & Canals
- 5.1 Weirs – components
- K.T. weir – components and construction. 5.2 Diversion head works – Layout
- components and their function. 5.3 Barrages – components and their functions
- Difference between weir and Barrage. 5.4 Canals – Classification according to alignment and position in the canal network
- Cross section of canal in embankment and cutting
- partial embankment and cutting
- balancing depth
- Design of most economical canal section. 5.5 Canal lining - Purpose
- material used and its properties
- advantages. 5.6 Cross Drainage works- Aqueduct
- siphon aqueduct
- super passage
- level crossing. 5.7 Canal regulators- Head regulator
- Cross regulator
- Falls and Outlets
Unit 6 GIS Application & software used in water Resources Engineering
- 6.1 Fundamentals of Geographical Information system and Geospatial data. 6.2 Uses of GIS in water resource engineering. 6.3 Software used for GIS application in the water resource field and its Primary function
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