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Definition
the supply of water to crops and landscaping plants by artificial means
Estimates of magnitude
world-wide: 544 million acres
(17% of land 1/3 of food production)
Purpose
Raise a crop where nothing would grow otherwise (e.g., desert areas)
Grow a more profitable crop (e.g., alfalfa vs. wheat)
Increase the yield and/or quality of a given crop (e.g., fruit)
Increase the aesthetic value of a landscape (e.g., turf, ornamentals)
Leaching of salts
Frost protection
Plant/soil cooling
Chemical application
Wind erosion control
Waste disposal
Types of Systems
Sprinkler
pressurized irrigation through devices called sprinklers (water is
discharged into the air and hopefully infiltrates near where it lands)
used on agricultural and horticultural crops, turf, landscape plants
Surface
Irrigation water flows across the field to the point of infiltration
primarily used on agricultural crops and orchards
Micro (drip, trickle)
frequent, slow application of irrigation water using pressurized systems
used in landscape and nursery applications, and on high-value agricultural
and horticultural crops
Water Measurement
Volume
Quantity of water; Water at rest
Gallon, cubic foot, etc.
V = A d (units: acre-inch, acre-foot, hectare-meter etc.)
Depth
Rainfall measured as depth; Useful for irrigation applications as well
Inch, foot, millimeter, centimeter, etc.
D = V / A (units: usually inches or millimeters)
Flow
Volume of water per unit time; Water in motion
Gallons per minute, cubic feet per second, acre-inches per day, liters per
second, cubic meters per second etc.
Q = V / t (units must be consistent)
Texture
Definition: relative proportions of various sizes of individual soil particles
USDA classifications
Sand: 0.05 2.0 mm
Silt: 0.002 - 0.05 mm
Clay: <0.002 mm
Textural triangle: USDA Textural Classes
Coarse vs. Fine, Light vs. Heavy
Affects water movement and storage
Structure
Definition: how soil particles are grouped or arranged
Affects root penetration and water intake and movement
Water in Soils
Mw
Ms
(24 hours @
Canals: Conveyance of water, open and closed conduits. Canals and tunnels functions
and classification of canals, canal alignment, balancing depth. design of lined canals,
design of unlined canals, critical velocity, regime canals, Kennedys and Laceys
theories, advantages of lines canals, method of lining. Design of lines canals.
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theory, Lanes weighted theory and Khoslas theory, concept of low net, u/s and d/s
cutoffs and protection measures, design of vertical drop weir.
Canal Structures: Types of falls and their location, design principles and Trapezoidal
notch fall, siphon well drop, straight glacis fall. Canal regulation works, alignment of off
taking canal. Distributary head regulators and cross regulation and their design. Canal
escapes, types of metering flumes, types of canal modules and proportionality,
sensitivity, flexibility.
Cross Drainage Works: Definition, classification, design principles of aqueducts,
siphon aqueducts, canal siphons, super passages and inlet and outlets, selection of cross
drainage works.
Bridges and Culverts: Discharge, Waterway and sour depth computations, Depth of
Bridge foundation, spans and vertical clearance, efflux computations, pipe culverts and
box culverts.
Water Power: Classification of Hydropower plants, definitions pf terms, load, head,
power, efficiency, load factor, installed capacity, utilization factor, capacity factor, use of
mass curve and flow duration curve. Components of power plant-intakes, fore/bay,
penstocks, functions and types of sewage tanks, General arrangement of power house,
sub-structure and super-structure.
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Design of Hydraulic
Structures
Design of Hydraulic
Structures
COURSE Contents
1. Introduction
2. Gravity Dams Site selection,
Forces,
Stability analysis.
CEL351: Design of
INTRODUCTION
Development of water resources of
a region
Requires
Conception
Planning
Design
Construction
Operation
of various facilities to utilise and
control water, and
to maintain water quality.
Utilize/Need water
Domestic & Industrial uses
Irrigation
Power generation
Navigation
Other purposes
Reservoir
Dam Spillway
RESERVOIRS RESERVOIRS
Types of Reservoirs Single-purpose
and Multi-purpose
Multipurpose Reservoirs
Serve two or more purposes. In India,
most of the reservoirs
are designed as multipurpose reservoirs
to store water for
irrigation and hydropower, and also to
effect flood control
Distribution Reservoirs
Small storage reservoirs to tide over the
peak demand of
water. The distribution reservoir is
helpful in permitting
the pumps to work at a uniform rate. It
stores water
RESERVOIRS RESERVOIRS
Multipurpose Reservoirs
Serve two or more purposes. In India,
most of the reservoirs
are designed as multipurpose reservoirs
to store water for
irrigation and hydropower, and also to
effect flood control
Distribution Reservoirs
RESERVOIRS RESERVOIRS
Balancing Reservoirs
RESERVOIRS RESERVOIRS
Storage Capacity of Reservoirs
Storage capacity of a reservoir depends
upon the topography of
the site and the height of dam.
Engineering surveys
The storage capacity and the water
spread area at different
elevations can be determined from the
contour map.
In addition to finding out the capacity of
a reservoir, the
contour map of the reservoir can also be
used to determine
the land and property which would be
submerged when the
reservoir is filled upto various elevations.
RESERVOIRS RESERVOIRS
Storage Capacity of a Reservoir
Both the elevation-area curve and the
elevation- storage curve on
the same paper. Abscissa - areas and
volumes - opposite
di ti
Area-Elevation Curve
from contour map An
elevation-area curve is
then drawn between
the surface area as
abscissa and the
elevation as ordinate.
Elevation-Capacity
Curve: is determined
from elevation-area
curve using diff
formulae.