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| ReenaK | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.E. - Civil Engineering Part Time SCIA1506 Water Resources Engineering Syllabus Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.E. - Civil Engineering Part Time SCIA1506 Water Resources Engineering Syllabus SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT SCIA1506 WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING L T P Credits Total Marks 3 0 0 3 100 UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION 8 Hrs. Water resources projects - Introduction - Water resources of India - Range of water resources projects General planning philosophy - Water allocation priorities - Irrigation - Flood control - Hydropower. Data requirement and data collection for different projects - Water availability studies. Environmental checklist for Water Resources projects. UNIT 2 BASIC CONCEPTS OF HYDROLOGY 10 Hrs. Hydrologic cycle - rainfall and its measurement - computation of mean rainfall over a catchment area using arithmetic mean, Theissen polygon and Isohyetal methods - Abstraction from rainfall - evaporation, factors affecting evaporation, measurement of evaporation – evapotranspiration - Infiltration, factors affecting infiltration, measurement of infiltration, infiltration indices. Runoff - components of runoff, factors affecting runoff, stream gauging, effective rainfall, separation of base flow. UNIT 3 GROUND WATER HYDROLOGY 10 Hrs. Soil water zones, Soil moisture relations Specific retention, Specific yield. Occurrence of ground water - Types of aquifers - unconfined aquifer, confined aquifer, aquitard - Storage coefficients - coefficient of permeability and transmissibility, Steady radial flow into a well under confined and unconfined condition, pumping and recuperation tests, Tube wells and Open wells - yield from an open well. UNIT 4 RESERVOIR PLANNING 8 Hrs. Reservoir planning: Investigation - selection of site - storage zones in a reservoir - mass inflow curve - demand curve - calculation of reservoir capacity and safe yield from mass inflow curve - reservoir sedimentation reservoir sediment control. Single and multipurpose reservoirs. UNIT 5 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT 9 Hrs. Flood and Drought: Design flood - assessment and mitigation measures - causes - methods of flood control, flood forecasting - Drought assessment and mitigation measures. Levees and flood walls, Channel improvement. Delineation of basin boundary - watershed management. Remote sensing application to water resource engineering - case study. Max. 45 Hrs. COURSE OUTCOMES On completion of the course, student will be able to CO1 – Understand the importance of water resources and the system management and planning CO2 - Elaborate the system of hydrological cycle and their components with their implications CO3 – Estimate the hydrological components of precipitation, runoff, infiltration and evepo transpiration characteristics CO4 - Understand the fundamentals of groundwater hydrology with geological considerations CO5 - Evaluate the important aquifer parameters for different types of aquifer storages CO6 - Build the planning and management of reservoirs and watershed by considering flood and drought mitigation measures TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS 1. Linsley R.K. and Franzini J.B, "Water Resources Engineering", McGraw Hill Inc, 2009. 2. Garg S. K., “Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulic structures”, Khanna Publishers, 23rd Revised Edition, New Delhi, 2009. 3. Punmia B.C. et al., Irrigation and water power Engineering, Laxmi Publications, 16th Edition, New Delhi, 2009 4. Ven Te Chow, “Applied Hydrology”, McGraw Hill Inc., 1990. 5. Subramanya, K., Engineering Hydrology, Tata McGraw Hill Publishers, 2008. 6. Todd D.K., ”Groundwater Hydrology", John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. 7. Sharma R.K. and T.K. Sharma, "Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering", Dhanpat Rai Publications, New Delhi. 8. Rushton K.R., "Groundwater hydrology conceptual and computational models", Wiley Publisher. END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN Max. Marks: 100 Exam Duration: 3 Hrs. PART A: 10 Questions of 2 marks each - No choice 20 Marks PART B: 2 Questions from each unit of internal choice; each carrying 16 marks 80 Marks |
