GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
BRANCH NAME: CIVIL ENGINEERING
SUBJECT NAME: IRRIGATION ENGINEERING ASSIGNMENTS
SUBJECT CODE: 2170609
B.E. 7th SEMESTER
Assignment - 2 WATER REQUIREMENTS OF CROPS
1 Define duty, Base period and delta. Derive a relationship between duty R
and delta for a given base period. Also briefly discuss factors affecting
duty.
2 What is consumptive use of water? Describe any one method of R
determining the consumptive use of water.
3 Discuss various methods of assessment of irrigation water. C
4 Define the terms: crop ratio, overlap allowance, capacity factor, full R
supply coefficient, transpiration, evapotranspiration and consumptive
use.
5 Develop a relationship between depth of irrigation water, field capacity, C
permanent wilting point, root zone depth and dry density of soil. Knowing
the daily evapotranspiration how you will decide the irrigation interval.
6 Define: Water application efficiency, Water conveyance efficiency and R
water distribution efficiency.
Assignment - 3 METHODS OF IRRIGATION
1 Explain Border strip method of irrigation in detail. U
2 Explain the salient features of the drip irrigation system. What are the U
advantages and disadvantages of drip irrigation?
3 Give classification of various irrigation methods.
4 Compare drip and sprinkler irrigation systems with their advantages and U
disadvantages.
Assignment - 5 STORAGE WORKS
1 Describe with neat sketches various methods adopted for controlling E
seepage through the body of an embankment dam and through
foundation.
2 Discuss in brief the causes and failure of earthen dams. C
3 Enlist various forces acting on gravity dam as per IS: 6512 and discuss
in detail uplift and wave pressure.
4 Explain uplift forces and arrangements done in the gravity dam to U
release uplift
forces.
5 Give classification of dams.
6 Explain method to draw seepage line through homogeneous earth dam. U
7 List out the components of earthen dam with detail functions. A
8 Give the functions of drainage gallery in dam section.
Assignment - 6 DAM OUTLET WORKS
1 Write short note on spillway crest gates.
2 Discuss use of hydraulic jump, as an energy dissipation device in design
of hydraulic structure.
3 Explain radial gate and drum gate for spillway. U
Assignment - 7 DISTRIBUTION WORKS
1 Explain the procedure for designing an irrigation channel using Lacey’s U
theory.
2 Describe Kennedy’s theory for the design of irrigation channel in alluvial
soil. (both case), What are the limitations of Kennedy’s theory?
3 Define Canal. With the help of a neat sketch illustrate the classification
of canals based on their alignment.
4 Explain for which alignment the number of cross drainage works will be U
minimum and maximum respectively.
5 Explain Lacey’s concept of initial, final and permanent regime. U
6 Draw neat sketches to explain canal cross section in cut, in fill
and canal section partially in cut partially in fill. Obtain an expression for
balancing depth in terms of section geometry.
Explain the term “most economical cross sections in canal.”
Assignment - 8 REGULATING AND CROSS DRAINAGE WORKS
1 What is the function of Canal escape? Discuss different types of Canal R
escapes
2 What is canal fall? Why is it necessary to provide a fall in a canal? R
Explain with sketch Ogee fall. State the consideration for the location of
canal falls.
3 List out the various silt control devices used for sediment control
in the off taking channel? Explain any two in detail.
4 Define Canal Outlet. Explain submerged pipe outlet and Kennedy’s
Gauge outlet in detail.
5 Draw a sectional sketch of a head regulator to explain its components
and explain how it functions as a drowned weir
6 Define super passage, aquaduct and siphon aquaduct.
7 With the help of a neat sketch explain the working principle and
utility of parshall flume in flow measurements of irrigation channels.
8 State the functions of the following: bed bars, skimming platforms, canal
fall cisterns.
9 Write design procedure for Sarda type of fall.
Assignment - 8 WATER LOGGING AND DRAINAGE
1 Define water logging? Discuss causes and remedial measures of water
logging.
2 Explain different layout of tile drains with sketch.
3 Write a note on land reclamation with its measures.
4 Give a comparison of sub surface drainage and surface drainage
used for land reclamation.
