B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering · Semester 8 — Electives

Floods and Control Measures

SWCE8.12 Soil & Water Conservation Engineering

Syllabus lecture plan

1. 01Floods- causes of occurrence, flood classification- probable maximum 2 flood, standard project flood, design flood
2. 02Flood estimation- methods of estimation; Estimation of flood peak- 4 rational method, empirical methods, unit hydrograph method
3. 03Statistics in hydrology, flood frequency methods- lognormal
4. 05Flood routing- channel routing, Muskingum method, reservoir 3 routing, modified Pul's method
5. 06Flood control- history of flood control
6. 07Structural and non-structural measures of flood control, storage and 3 detention reservoirs, levees, channel improvement
7. 08Gully erosion and its control structures- design and implementation
8. 09Earthen embankments- functions, classification, hydraulic fill and 4 rolled fill dams, homogeneous, zoned and diaphragm type, foundation requirements, grouting, seepage through dams, flow net and its properties, seepage pressure, seepage line in composite earth embankments, drainage filters, piping and its causes
9. 10Design and construction of earthen dam, stability of earthen 3 embankments against failure by tension, overturning, sliding, etc
10. 11Stability of slopes- analysis of failure by different methods; Planning 3 of flood control projects and their economics

Part of the B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering curriculum (ICAR recommendations). Upload or find notes, previous-year papers and quick-revision reels for each lecture on theciae.