UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BAG651

Irrigation & Drainage Engineering Lab

L-T-P0-0-2 Credits1 Session2024-25 TypeLab / Practical
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Agricultural Engineering · Sem 6 (Lab)

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List of Experiments / Activities

  1. 1Measurement of infiltration rate by double ring infiltrometer.
  2. 2Computation of evapotranspiration by Pan Evaporation method
  3. 3Measurement of advance and recession in border irrigation and estimation of irrigation efficiency.
  4. 4Measurement of uniformity coefficient of sprinkler irrigation method.
  5. 5Measurement of uniformity coefficient of drip irrigation method.
  6. 6Determination of drainage coefficients.
  7. 7Measurement of soil moisture content by tensiometer.
  8. 8Measurement of irrigation water by circular orifice.
  9. 9Measurement of irrigation water by different weirs.
  10. 10Measurement of irrigation water by parshall and cut throat flume.
  11. 11Determination of chemical properties of soil and water.
  12. 12Determination of gypsum requirement for land reclamation.
Course Outcomes (COs)6 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Measure the soil moisture content by tensiometer.
  2. CO2Measure discharge through weirs, flumes and orifices.
  3. CO3To measure infiltration.
  4. CO4Measurement of advance and recession in border and furrow irrigation, cut-off stream in furrow irrigation and irrigation efficiency etc.
  5. CO5Measure the bulk density, field capacity and wilting point
  6. CO6Evaluate the border, the furrow and the check basin irrigation methods.

Suggested Reading

  1. Michael A.M. 2012. Irrigation: Theory and Practice. Vikas Publishing House New Delhi.
  2. Majumdar D. K. 2013. Irrigation Water Management Principles. PHI learning Private Limited New Delhi 2nd Edition.
  3. Allen R. G., L. S. Pereira, D. Raes, M. Smith. 1998. Crop Evapotranspiration guidelines for computing crop water requirement. Irrigation and drainage Paper 56, FAO of United Nations, Rome.
  4. Murthy VVN. 2013. Land and Water Management Engineering. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.
  5. Israelsen O W. and Hansen V. E and Stringham G. E. 1980. Irrigation Principles and Practice, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. USA.
  6. Bhattacharya AK and Michael AM. 2013. Land Drainage, Principles, Methods and Applications. Vikas Publication House, Noida (UP)
  7. Ritzema H.P.1994 Drainage Principles and Applications, ILRI Publication 16, Second Edition (Completely Revised)
  8. Michael AM. and Ojha TP. 2014. Principles of Agricultural Engineering Vol-II 5th Edition. Jain Brothers Publication, New Delhi
  9. Kadam U.S., Thokal R.T., Gorantiwar S.D. and Powar A.G. 2007. Agricultural Drainage- Principles and Practices, Westville Publishing House

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 30 of the original AKTU PDF.

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