Preview

Shobha Ram Patel

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
3024 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Shobha Ram Patel
BHUPENDRA PATEL
COLLAGE OF AGRICULTURE, RAIGARH

AENGG-121 - FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION ENGINEERING

CREDITHOURS(2+1)
YEAR/SEMESTER : 1st YEAR / 2nd SEMESTER

Theory:
Surveying: survey equipment, chain survey, cross staff survey, plotting procedure, calculations of area of regular and irregular fields. Levelling – levelling equipment, terminology, methods of calculation of reduced levels, types of levelling, contouring. Irrigation, classification of projects, flow irrigation and lift irrigation. Water source, Water lifting devices – pumps (shallow and deep well), capacity, power calculations. Irrigation water measurement – weirs, flumes and orifices and methods of water measurement and instruments. Water conveyance systems, open channel and underground pipeline. Irrigation methods – drip and sprinkle irrigation systems. Soil and water conservation – soil erosion, types and engineering control measures.

Practical:

Acquaintance with chain survey equipment; Ranging and measurement of offsets; Chain triangulation; Cross staff survey; Plotting of chain triangulation; Plotting of cross staff survey; Levelling equipment – dumpy level, levelling staff, temporary adjustments and staff reading; Differential leveling; Profile leveling; Contour survey – grid method; Plotting of contours; Study of centrifugal pumping system and irrigation water measuring devices; Study of different components of sprinkler irrigation systems; Study of different components of drip and sprinkler irrigation systems; Uniformity of water application in drip and sprinkler systems; Study of soil and water conservation measures.

Reference:
1. Agor, R. 1998. Surveying and leveling, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.
2. Kanetkar, T.P. and Kulkarani, S.P. 1965. Surveying and leveling A.V. Griha Prakashan, Pune-4.
3. Kochher, C.L. 1986. A test book of surveying, Vol. I & II, Katson Publishing House, Ludhiana.
4. Michael, A.M. 1997. Irrigation Theory and Practice, Vikash



References: ADOPTION OF 4th DEANS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION IN IGKV, RAIPUR w. e .f. ACADEMIC SESSION 2008-09 (EMR- 30th July 2008 , 69th BOM 4th August 2008 and 62nd ACM- 12th September 2008) BHUPENDRA PATEL

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Powerful Essays

    Busa 3000 Country Paper

    • 1514 Words
    • 7 Pages

    “Agriculture: Device to Support Water-Saving Irrigation Projects.” Jordan, Alger: Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd, 2011. ProQuest Newsstand. Web. 4 Nov. 2011.…

    • 1514 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    To be able to nurture America, the founding fathers strongly believed in isolationism because unique geographical position America was in. In George Washington’s Farewell Address, illustrated the fact that the country isn't compatible with European interests, and warned the country about alliances. Although America was isolationist, they still built up their economy, expanded their borders, and intervened in neighboring wars. In 1867, called Seward’s Folly, the United States purchased Russian land, now known to us as Alaska, marking the new beginning of American imperialism, the colonized colonizing.…

    • 197 Words
    • 1 Page
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Non Violent Revolutions

    • 1175 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Violent revolutions have been the most effective way to bring about change dating back to the American Revolution in the late 1700s. While analyzing this ferocious rebellion, it is revealed that all of the American’s non-violent attempts to compromise with Britain failed, and that it took a bloody eight year war for the Americans to finally separate from Britain. Violent revolutions are not only more effective, but easier to pull off. The Iranian government was a well known institution that used fear to prevent successful non-violent revolutions from happening, by executing innocent kids who spoke up against the government. “Between 1980 and 1983, the government had imprisoned and executed so many high-school and college students that we no…

    • 1175 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Water is inextricably linked with every facet of human development. Its unavailability, deterioration in quality and neglect drastically impedes the quality of human life. The India's accelerated and continuous growth has led to an unprecedented stress on the finite and fragile water resources that are on the verge of depletion on account of overexploitation. Sectoral demands for water are growing rapidly in line with urbanization, population increase, rising income and industrial growth. One of the major sources of drinking water is underground water. The poor management of water calls for action by all stakeholders. In the advent of a water crisis, industry will be hard hit and, it is, therefore, incumbent upon the same to undertake pro active measures toward effective water management.…

    • 4183 Words
    • 17 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    An injustice is an unjust act or occurrence that does not seem fair; in other words an example of an injustice is abortion. Abortion is an injustice in many people’s opinions because a person would not even be giving the baby a chance at life, but killing it after they have made their own mistake. Abortion kills helpless babies everyday, and yet it still seems to remain legal. Killing other people is illegal, so isn’t killing an unborn child the same thing? Abortion is an injustice because all life is sacred and should be treated as so, but some do not even have a chance to make their own mistakes.…

    • 604 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Introduction to Traverse

    • 517 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Traverse survey is a method of establishing control points, their position being determined by measuring the distances between the traverse station which serve as control points and the angles subtended at the various stations by their adjacent stations. The angles are measured using theodolite and the distance measured by the method of traverse. We also measured the distance used the measurement tape.…

    • 517 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Chandra Shekhar Azad.

    • 1339 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Chandrashekhar Azad, often called, Panditji was the founder of Garam Dal. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, he was first among many Indian revolutionaries to use arms in their fight for independence against the British rulers. A devout Brahmin, he believed that it was his "dharma" (duty) to fight for others. He also believed that a soldier never relinquishes his weapon.…

    • 1339 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Mid Examination

    • 407 Words
    • 2 Pages

    (b) A 50mm by 100mm timber is used as a column with fixed ends. Determine the minimum length at which Euler’s formula can be used if E = 10 Gpa and the proportional limit is 30 Mpa. What central load can be carried with a factor of safety of 2 if the length is 2.5 m? 6…

    • 407 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Teak Case Study

    • 1082 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Some operations are general for all sites, whereas, others are specific to special site/genotype conditions. Adequate soil preparation must be realized to provide optimum physical soil conditions, improve water holding capacity, and enhance nutrient availability for optimum root growth. Soil preparation goes from minimum tillage systems to methods that imply the modification of some soil properties through mechanical, chemical, and biological procedures (Figure 3). Soil tillage is often used to reduce soil compaction and improve superficial drainage. Tillage includes activities such as ploughing, disking, ripping, and subsoiling. The latter is used to break hard horizon layers and to improve the structure of clayed soils. Bedding consisting in making mounds improves drainage in soils that show minor excess water problems, such as small flooding during very short periods. In Venezuela, bedding is a common practice to avoid effect of short flooding at initial plantation stages. Besides it provides an increased volume of low bulk density, aerated soil. However, if along the growth season, the soil water table is close to the surface, future growth will be poor. In México complex drainage systems have been built to avoid soil flooding produced by periodical river inundations. If soils are very acidic, liming and fertilization can be used as amendments (Section…

    • 1082 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Programming case

    • 5390 Words
    • 24 Pages

    could be included in an irrigation project Specific equations were developed and applied in the irrigation project…

    • 5390 Words
    • 24 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    yash patel

    • 1350 Words
    • 6 Pages

    4. The Income-tax for the employees of an organization is calculated on the basis of…

    • 1350 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Question: Write an essay on any one of the following topics whichever you like the most in about 1500 words. 1) Requirements of SDI on climate change 2) Application of SDI on Land Administration 3) Application of SDI on Urban planning 4) Application of SDI on Disaster Management…

    • 1590 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Drainage of an area is concerned with the study of main rivers and their tributaries with respect to their size, number, direction of flow, drainage basin, slope of the valley.…

    • 2108 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Fly Ash Case Study

    • 2089 Words
    • 9 Pages

    1PG Student, Department of Civil Engineering – Paavai Engineering College. 2Assistant. Professor, Department of Civil Engineering – Paavai Engineering College.…

    • 2089 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    study locations and land use survey was carried out using foot and automobile inspection and…

    • 6469 Words
    • 26 Pages
    Powerful Essays

Related Topics