CE8603 – NOTES & QP
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CE8603 – SYLLABUS
UNIT I CROP WATER REQUIREMENT
Need and classification of irrigation- historical development and merits and demerits of irrigation-types of crops-crop season-duty, delta and base period- consumptive use of crops- estimation of Evapotranspiration using experimental and theoretical methods
UNIT II IRRIGATION METHODS
Tank irrigation — Well irrigation — Irrigation methods: Surface and Sub-Surface and Micro Irrigation — design of drip and sprinkler irrigation — ridge and furrow irrigation-Irrigation scheduling — Water distribution system- Irrigation efficiencies.
UNIT III DIVERSION AND IMPOUNDING STRUCTURES
Types of Impounding structures — Gravity dam — Forces on a dam -Design of Gravity dams; Earth dams, Arch dams- Diversion Head works — Weirs and Barrages-
UNIT IV CANAL IRRIGATION
Canal regulations — direct sluice — Canal drop — Cross drainage works-Canal outlets — Design of prismatic canal-canal alignments-Canal lining — Kennedy?s and Lacey?s Regime theory-Design of unlined canal
UNIT V WATER MANAGEMENT IN IRRIGATION
Modernization techniques- Rehabilitation — Optimization of water use-Minimizing water losses- On form development works-Participatory irrigation management- Water resources associations- Changing paradigms in water management-Performance evaluation-Economic aspects of irrigation