- Title: Water Resources Engineering
- Department: Civil Engineering
- Author: Prof. Rajesh Srivastava, Prof. P. Mohapatra
- University: IIT kanpur
- Type: WebLink
- Abstract:
Precipitation, Infiltration and Evapotranspiration (8 Lectures)
• Forms of precipitation, measurement, depth-area-duration and intensity
duration- frequency relations
• Evaporation -- process, measurement, and estimation
• Infiltration -- process, measurement, and estimation
• Evapotranspiration -- measurement and estimation
Runoff and Hydrographs (8 Lectures)
• Rainfall Runoff correlations, Flow duration curve, Mass curve, Droughts and floods
• Factors affecting flow hydrograph, Unit hydrograph, its analysis, and S-
curve hydrograph, Synthetic and instantaneous unit hydrographs
Statistical analysis, Hydrologic Routing (7 Lectures)
• Risk, reliability, and safety factor, Flood frequency studies, Flood
forecasting, Rational method, Time Area curves, Design flood
• Channel and flood routing
Groundwater hydrology (5 Lectures)
• Flow equations -- Confined and unconfined flow
• Well hydraulics -- Steady and unsteady flow, Well losses, Specific capacity
Irrigation Engineering (6 Lectures)
• Water requirement of crops
• Hydrologic aspects of irrigation system design
Hydrologic design (6 Lectures)
• Design of culverts, detention ponds, storm water drains
• Economics of Water Resources systems