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inayat_abbasIRRIGATION
ENGINEERING
Course Structure
• Introduc)on to Irriga)on, Methods of Irriga)on &
IRRIGATION ENGINEERING Water Logging
2017-18 • Water Requirement for Crops
• Canal Irriga)on
Sagar Dodeja IES • Analysis of Gravity Dams
M.Tech (IIT Bombay)
Member • Theories of Seepage
– Environmental Protection Agency, USA
– International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage • Miscellaneous Topics
Contact Info (River Training & Diversion Headworks, Conveyance
– [email protected]
– www.facebook.com/28marks and Regula)ng Structures for canals)
1. Introduc?on to Irriga?on & 2. Water Requirements of Crops
Methods of Irriga?on
• Parameters to express Water-requirements of
• Why Irriga(on ? Crops (B, Δ & D),
• Defini?on of Irriga(on.... • Agricultural/Crop Seasons of India,
• Advantages & Disadvantages of Irriga(on,
• Irriga(on Efficiencies,
• Types of Irriga?on: Surface v/s Sub-Surface
irriga(on, • Consump?ve-Use/Evapo-Transpira?on of
• Techniques of Water Distribu?on in Agricultural water by a Crop,
Fields, • Soil-Moisture-Irriga?on Rela(onship: FC,
• Quality of Irriga(on Water. PWP, Frequency of irriga(on.
• Water Logging
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IRRIGATION ENGINEERING
3. Canal Irriga?on: Design & Related 4. Stability Analysis of Gravity Dams
Topics
• Canal Irriga?on System (CCA, (me factor...)
• Dam: Defini(on, Types.....
• Design Discharge of a Canal,
• Losses of Water in Canals, • Forces ac(ng on the body of a Gravity Dam,
• Hydraulic/Geometric Design of Canals: • Modes of Failure of Gravity Dam,
1. Unlined Canals, • Design Steps & Numerical,
2. Lined Canals, • Elementary Profile of a Gravity Dam.
• Sediment Transport Mechanism: Shield’s
Theory,
• Related Topics: Cross-Drainage Works, Canal
Falls, Canal Escapes....
5. Theories of Seepage 6. Miscellaneous Topics
• Seepage below founda(on of a Weir, • River Meandering & River Training,
• Modes of Failure by Seepage, • Canal Outlets or Canal Modules,
• Theories of Seepage: • Spillways & Energy Dissipators
1. Bligh’s Creep Theory,
2. Lane’s Weighted Creep Theory,
3. Khosla’s Theory of Seepage.
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