UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BAG452

Soil, Water conservation Engineering and Watershed Hydrology Lab

L-T-P0-0-2 Credits1 Session2023-24 TypeLab / Practical
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Agricultural Engineering · Sem 4 (Lab)

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List of Experiments / Activities

  1. 1Visit to meteorological observatory and study of different instruments.
  2. 2Exercise on intensity-frequency-duration curves
  3. 3Analysis of rainfall data and estimation of mean rainfall by different methods.
  4. 4Exercise on frequency analysis of hydrologic data and estimation of missing data, test for consistency of rainfall records.
  5. 5Exercise on computation of infiltration indices.
  6. 6Study of different types and forms of water erosion.
  7. 7Exercises on computation of rainfall erosivity index.
  8. 8Computation of soil erodibility index in soil loss estimation.
  9. 9Exercises on soil loss estimation/measuring techniques.
  10. 10Study of rainfall simulator for erosion assessment.
Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Performed experiment illustrates to convert the point rainfall values at various stations in to an average value over a catchment.
  2. CO2Demonstrate the various meteorological instruments and their working operation.
  3. CO3Perform experiment illustrate intensity-frequency-duration curves of rainfall.
  4. CO4Experiment enables to compute the values of Ф-index and W-index.
  5. CO5Experiment gives knowledge of different types and various forms of water erosion.

Suggested Reading

  1. Raghunath, H.M., 2006. Hydrology: Principles Analysis and Design. Revised 2nd Edition, New Age International (P) Limited Publishers, New Delhi.
  2. Subramanya, K. 2008. Engineering Hydrology. 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi.
  3. Chow, VT, D.R. Maidment and L.W. Mays. 2010. Applied Hydrology, McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New York.
  4. Linsley, R.K., M.A. Kohler, and JLH Paulhus. 1984. Hydrology for Engineers. McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Japan.
  5. Mahnot, S.C., 2014. Soil and Water Conservation and Watershed Management. International Books and Periodicals Supply Service, New Delhi.
  6. Mal, BC 2014. Introduction to Soil and Water Conservation Engineering. 2014. Kalyani Publishers.
  7. Michael, A.M. and T.P. Ojha. 2003. Principles of Agricultural Engineering. Volume II. 4th Edition, Jain Brothers, New Delhi. Subject Code

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 13, 14 of the original AKTU PDF.

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