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SITAMARHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SITAMARHI

A

COURSE FILE

OF

Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering

Course code: (PCC-CE305)

FACULTY NAME:

Mr. Shashi Kumar

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

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Contents

Program Outcomes (POs) 3

Course syllabus 4

Time-Table 5

List of Students 6

Course Handouts 8

Course Plan 9

Evaluation Scheme: 112

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Program Outcomes (POs) Engineering Graduates will be able to:

1) Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering

fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.

2) Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze

complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of

mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.

3) Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and

design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with

appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and

environmental considerations.

4) Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research

methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the

information to provide valid conclusions.

5) Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern

engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities

with an understanding of the limitations.

6) The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to

assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant

to the professional engineering practice.

7) Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering

solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of,

and need for sustainable development.

8) Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms

of the engineering practice.

9) Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in

diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.

10) Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the

engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write

effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive

clear instructions.

11) Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of

the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and

leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.

12) Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to

engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

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Course syllabus

Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3

Theory:

Module 1: Introduction - hydrologic cycle, water-budget equation, history of hydrology, world water

balance, applications in engineering, sources of data.

Module 2: Precipitation - forms of precipitation, characteristics of precipitation in India, measurement of precipitation, rain gauge network, mean precipitation over an area, deptharea-

duration relationships, maximum intensity/depth-duration-frequency relationship, Probable Maximum

Precipitation (PMP), rainfall data in India. Module 3:Abstractions from precipitation - evaporation process, evaporimeters, analytical methods

of evaporation estimation, reservoir evaporation and methods for its reduction evapotranspiration,

measurement of evapotranspiration, evapotranspiration equations, potential evapotranspiration over

India, actual evapotranspiration, interception, depression storage, infiltration, infiltration capacity, measurement of infiltration, modelling infiltration capacity, classification of infiltration capacities,

infiltration indices.

Module 4:Runoff - runoff volume, SCS-CN method of estimating runoff volume, flowduration curve, flow-mass curve, hydrograph, factors affecting runoff hydrograph, components of hydrograph, base

flow separation, effective rainfall, unit hydrograph surface water resources of India, environmental

flows.

Module 5: Ground water and well hydrology - forms of subsurface water, saturated formation, aquifer properties, geologic formations of aquifers, well hydraulics: steady state flow in wells,

equilibrium equations for confined and unconfined aquifers, aquifer tests.

Module 6:Water withdrawals and uses – water for energy production, water for agriculture, water for hydroelectric generation; flood control. Analysis of surface water supply, Water requirement of crops-

Crops and crop seasons in India, cropping pattern, duty and delta; Quality of irrigation water; Soil-

water relationships, root zone soil water, infiltration, consumptive use, irrigation requirement, frequency of irrigation; Methods of applying water to the fields: surface, sub-surface, sprinkler and

trickle / drip irrigation.

Module 7:Distribution systems - canal systems, alignment of canals, canal losses, estimation of

design discharge. Design of channels- rigid boundary channels, alluvial channels, Kennedy‘s and Lacey‘s theory of regime channels. Canal outlets: non-modular, semi-modular and modular outlets.

Water logging: causes, effects and remedial measures. Lining of canals, types of lining. Drainage of

irrigated lands: necessity, methods. Module 8: Dams and spillways - embankment dams: Classification, design considerations, estimation

and control of seepage, slope protection. Gravity dams: forces on gravity dams, causes of failure,

stress analysis, elementary and practical profile. Arch and buttress dams. Spillways: components of spillways, types of gates for spillway crests; Reservoirs- Types, capacity of reservoirs, yield of

reservoir, reservoir regulation, sedimentation, economic height of dam, selection of suitable site.

Text/Reference Books: 1.K Subramanya, Engineering Hydrology, Mc-Graw Hill.

2.K N Muthreja, Applied Hydrology, Tata Mc-Graw Hill.

3.K Subramanya, Water Resources Engineering through Objective Questions, Tata McGraw Hill.

4.G L Asawa, Irrigation Engineering, Wiley Eastern

5.L W Mays, Water Resources Engineering, Wiley.

6.J D Zimmerman, Irrigation, John Wiley & Sons

7.C S P Ojha, R Berndtsson and P Bhunya, Engineering Hydrology, Oxford.

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Time-Table

Sub: Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering (H&WRE)

Days 1

10:00-

10:50

2

10:50-11:40

3

11:40-

12:30

4

12:30-

13:20

Lunch

13:20-

14:00

5

14:00-14:5

6

14:50-15:40

7

15:40-16:30

Mon Tues Wed Thu H&WRE

(SK) H&WRE Lab CE-A

(SK) Fri H&WRE

(SK) H&WRE Lab CE-B

(SK) Sat Weekly Class Test

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List of Students Branch : Civil Engg. Session: (2020-2021) 5

th Semester

Sl. Name Registration

No

Quiz-1

( )

Quiz-

2

( )

Quiz

3

( )

Quiz-

4

( )

Quiz-

5

( )

Quiz-

6

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1 Shubham Kumar 18101127001

2 Hitesh Kumar Roy 18101127002

3 RAHUL KUMAR 18101127003

4 Saurabh Suman 18101127004

5 RAVI RAUSHAN

BHARTI 18101127005

6 DEEPAK KUMAR

SINHA 18101127006

7 KULDEEP KUMAR 18101127007

8 Alisha kumari 18101127008

9 RAMAN KUMAR 18101127009

10 Rohit Kumar 18101127010

11 Md shaukat warsi 18101127011

12 ANJANA PRAKASH 18101127012

13 Dheeraj Kumar 18101127013

14 MD SHAHFAHAD

ANSARI 18101127014

15 Md kalam 18101127015

16 RAJ SHANKAR 18101127016

17 VIPIN CHAUDHARY 18101127017

18 Ranjeet Kumar 18101127018

19 Amit Singh 18101127020

20 Vivek Raj 18101127021

21 Rahul Anand 18101127023

22 GOVIND KUMAR YADAV

18101127024

23 Rahul Kumar 18101127025

24 Simran kumari 18101127026

25 Anmol moti 18101127027

26 Chandan Kumar

shrivastwa 18101127028

27 Manish kumar 18101127029

28 ASGAR ALI ANSARI 18101127030

29 Rohit Kumar suman 18101127032

30 Ramlala Kumar Safi 18101127033

31 Pankaj Kumar 18101127034

32 Md shadab raza 18101127037

33 Ramnarayan Kumar 18101127038

34 Dheeraj Kumar 18101127039

35 Abhinav Kumar 18101127040

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36 Piyush sourav 18101127041

37 Aditya Kumar 18101127042

38 Akash Anand 18101127044

39 Rahul kumar 18101127046

40 ABHISHEK BHUSHAN 18101127047

41 Aman raj 18101127048

42 Brajesh kumar 18101127049

43 Aditya Aryan 18101127052

44 ABHIJEET 18101127053

45 GAURAV KUMAR 18101127054

46 Babul Kumar 18101127055

47 Manish kumar 18101127057

48 Pragya Pandey 19101127901

49 Pushpa kumari 19101127902

50 GYANDEV KUMAR 19101127903

51 Robinkumar 19101127904

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Course Handouts Institute / College Name : SITAMARHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,

SITAMARHI

Program Name B.Tech in Civil Engineering

Course Code PCC-CE 305

Course Name Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering

Lecture / Practical (per week): 2/2 Course Credits 3

Course Coordinator Name Mr. Shashi Kumar

Scope and Objectives of the Course

Objectives of the Course: students must be able to:

1) Understand the interaction among various processes in the hydrologic cycle.

2) Apply the application of fluid mechanics and use of computers in solving a host of problems

in hydraulic engineering

3) Study types and classes of hydrologic simulation models and design procedures for safe and

effective passage of flood flows for design of hydraulic structures.

4) Understand the basic aquifer parameters and estimate groundwater resources for different

hydro-geological boundary conditions.

5) Understand application of systems concept, advanced optimization techniques to cover the

socio-technical aspects in the field of water resources.

6) Apply the principles and applications of remote sensing, GPS and GIS in the context to

hydrological extreme flood and drought events in water resources engineering.

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Course Plan

Lecture Plan

Date of

Lecture

Topics Text Book /

Reference Book /

Other reading

material …….TB

Page No:

Lecture:1 Module 1: Introduction - hydrologic cycle, water-budget equation

Lecture:2 history of hydrology, world water balance,

Lecture:3 Applications in engineering, sources of data.

Lecture:4 Module 2: Precipitation - forms of precipitation,

Lecture:5 characteristics of precipitation in India,

measurement of precipitation, rain gauge

network

Lecture:6 mean precipitation over an area, depth area-

duration relationships,

Lecture:7 Maximum intensity/depth-duration-frequency

relationship,

Lecture:8 Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP), rainfall

data in India.

Class Test-1

Lecture:9 Module 3:Abstractions from precipitation - evaporation process, evaporimeters,

Lecture:10 analytical methods of evaporation estimation,

reservoir evaporation and methods for its

reduction evapotranspiration, measurement of

evapotranspiration,

Lecture:11 evapotranspiration equations, potential

evapotranspiration over India, actual

evapotranspiration, interception, depression

storage,

Lecture:12 infiltration, infiltration capacity, measurement

of infiltration,

Lecture:13 modelling infiltration capacity, classification of

infiltration capacities, infiltration indices.

Class Test-2

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Lecture:14 Module 4:Runoff - runoff volume, SCS-CN

method of estimating runoff volume,

Lecture:15 flowduration curve, flow-mass curve,

Lecture:16 hydrograph, factors affecting runoff hydrograph,

Lecture:17 components of hydrograph, base flow

separation, effective rainfall

Lecture:18-19 unit hydrograph surface water resources of

India, environmental flows.

Class Test-3

Lecture:20 Module 5: Ground water and well hydrology -

forms of subsurface water, saturated formation,

aquifer properties,

Lecture:21 Geologic formations of aquifers, well

hydraulics: steady state flow in wells,

Lecture:22-23 equilibrium equations for confined and

unconfined aquifers, aquifer tests.

Class Test-4

Lecture:24-25 Module 6:Water withdrawals and uses – water

for energy production, water for agriculture,

water for hydroelectric generation; flood control.

Lecture:26 Analysis of surface water supply, Water

requirement of crops-Crops and crop seasons in

India, cropping pattern, duty and delta; Quality

of irrigation water

Lecture:27 Soil-water relationships, root zone soil water,

infiltration, consumptive use, irrigation

requirement,

Lecture:28-29 Frequency of irrigation; Methods of applying

water to the fields: surface, sub-surface,

sprinkler and trickle / drip irrigation.

Class Test-5

Lecture:30-31 Module 7:Distribution systems - canal systems, alignment of canals, canal losses, estimation of

design discharge.

Lecture:32 Design of channels- rigid boundary channels

Lecture:33-34 Design of alluvial channels, Kennedy‘s and

Lacey‘s theory of regime channels. Canal

outlets: Non-modular, semi-modular and

modular outlets.

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Lecture:35-36 Water logging: causes, effects and remedial

measures. Lining of canals, types of lining.

Drainage of irrigated lands: necessity, methods.

Class Test-6

Lecture:37-38 Module 8: Dams and spillways - embankment

dams: Classification, design considerations,

estimation and control of seepage, slope

protection.

Lecture:39 Gravity dams: forces on gravity dams,

Lecture:40-41 Causes of failure, stress analysis, elementary and

practical profile. Arch and buttress dams.

Lecture:42 Economic height of dam, selection of suitable

site.

Lecture:43-44 Spillways: components of spillways, types of

gates for spillway crests; Reservoirs- Types,

capacity of reservoirs, yield of reservoir,

reservoir regulation, sedimentation,.

Class Test-7

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Evaluation Scheme: Component 1 Attendance* 5

Component 2 Class tests 5

Component 3 Mid Semester Exam 20

Component 4** End Term Examination** 70

Total 100

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Attendance % Marks

75% to < 80% 3

80% to < 90% 4

90% to 100% 5

** The End Term Comprehensive examination will be held at the end of semester. The

mandatory requirement of 75% attendance in all theory classes is to be met for being eligible

to appear in this component.

This document is approved by

Designation Name Signature

Course Coordinator Mr. Shashi Kumar

HOD Mr. Shashi Kumar

Principal Prof.(Dr.) Jagadanand Jha

Date