UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BCE055

Engineering Hydrology

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Civil Engineering · Sem 5 (Departmental Elective-II)

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Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: INTRODUCTION

8 hrs

hydrologic cycle, water budget equations, world water balance. Precipitation types, measurements, analysis, mean precipitation, IDF and DAD analysis. Introduction to characteristics of storm. Abstraction from Precipitation: Evaporation – process, measurement and estimation; Evapotranspiration-measurement and estimation; Initial Losses- Interception & Depression storage; Infiltration- process, capacities indices, measurement & estimation.

Unit2

Unit 2: RUNOFF AND HYDROGRAPHS

8 hrs

Runoff characteristics of stream, mass curve. Hydrograph, Factors affecting flood hydrographs, unit hydrograph and its analysis, s-curve hydrograph, synthetic and instantaneous unit hydrographs.

Unit3

Unit 3: FLOOD

8 hrs

Rational method, empirical formulae, flood frequency studies, statistical analysis, regional flood frequency analysis, design storm & design flood, risk/reliability and safety factor. FLOOD ROUTING: Governing equations, Hydrologic routing: Reservoir flood routing, Muskingum method.

Unit4

Unit 4: GROUNDWATER

8 hrs

Introduction, forms of subsurface water, aquifers & its properties, Occurrence of ground water, hydro-geology& aquifers, Ground water movement. Steady and unsteady flow through confined and unconfined aquifers. Well Hydraulics: Single& Multiple well system, partially penetrating wells, Image wells, Mutual interference of wells, well losses, specific capacity.

Unit5

Unit 5: WATER WELLS

8 hrs

Introduction to Well construction, completion and Development. Pumping equipment for water wells, maintenance of wells. Ground Water quality, Contamination of groundwater and its Control, Ground Water Modelling Techniques and exploration, artificial discharge and Recharge of Ground Water.

Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Understand the basic concept of hydrological cycle and its various phases.
  2. CO2Understand the concept of runoff and apply the knowledge to construct the hydrograph.
  3. CO3Apply the various methods to assess the flood.
  4. CO4Assess the quality of various forms of water and their aquifer properties.
  5. CO5Understand the well hydraulics and apply ground water modelling techniques.

Text Books

  1. ‘Groundwater Hydrology’ by Todd D. K., Wiley.
  2. ‘Groundwater Resource Evaluation’ by Walton W. C., McGraw Hill.
  3. ‘Groundwater’ by Raghunath H. M., New Age Publisher.
  4. ‘Engineering Hydrology’ by K. Subramanya, Mc Graw Hill Education.
  5. ‘Hydrology: Principles. Analysis. Design’ by Raghunath H. M., New Age Publisher.
  6. ‘Handbook of Applied Hydrology’ by Chow V. T., Mc Graw Hill Education.

References

  1. ‘Irrigation: Theory & Practice’ by Michael A. M., Vikas Publication House.
  2. ‘Groundwater’ by S.Ramakrishnan, Scitech Publications.
  3. ‘Irrigation: Theory & Practice’ by Michael A. M., Vikas Publication House.
  4. ‘Engineering Hydrology’ by Ojha, Oxford University Press.
  5. ‘Introduction to Hydrology’ by Viessman& Lewis by Pearson Publication.
  6. ‘Applied Hydrology’ by Fetter, by Pearson Publication.

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 12, 13 of the original AKTU PDF.

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