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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT Bombay

COURSE OUTLINE - CE401- Water Resources Engineering (Core Course)


Academic year: 2016-2017 Semester offered : First
Credits : 6.0 Lecture period : 3 hr /week
Course Instructor Dr. V. Jothiprakash, Office: Room 124, Civil Engg. Dept.,
Phone:7315 E-mail: vprakash@iitb.ac.in
Web link : http://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~vprakash/

Course Content CE 401


Rainfall and runoff, hydrograph analysis, peaks flows. Reservoir planning and operation, run-of
the river schemes, storage schemes. Dams and spillways, intakes, water-conductor systems,
tunnels, surge-tanks, penstocks and anchor blocks. Hydro-electric power classification and
investigations. Turbines, powerhouse, irrigation, crop requirements and yields, water planning.
Weirs on permeable foundations. Canals layout, stable channels, and silt control, canal losses and
water-logging.
Teaching and learning methods
Each student is expected to prepare the lectures in advance by reviewing previous lecture material
and reading in advance the recommended readings. Overall, each student's preparation of the
assignments and lecture is expected to require up to 8 hours per week.
Assessment criteria
Quiz I: 10% Quiz II: 10% Mid Sem: 20%
Assignments: 10% Final Exam : 50%
Reference
1. Linsley R.K., Franzini J.B., Freyberg D.L. and Techobanoglous G, Water Resources
Engineering, McGraw Hill Book Co., 1992. (Good reference for Water Resources
part)
2. Wurbs R.A and James W.P, Water Resources Engineering, Prentice Hall of India, New
Delhi 2002 (Good reference for Water Resources part)
3. Subramanya K, Engineering Hydrology (3rd Edition), Tata McGraw Hill Publishing
Company, New Dehli, 2008 (Good reference for Engineering Hydrology)
4. Cuenca R.H, Irrigation System Design, An EngineerignAppraoch, Prentice Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1989 (Good reference for Irrigation Engineering)
5. Mays L.W and Tung Y-K, Hydrosystems Engineering and Management, McGraw Hill
Inc, New York, 1992 (Good reference for Urban Stormwater Management Systems)
6. Garg S.K.., Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulic Structures, Khanna Publishers, New
Delhi 2001 (Good reference for irrigation and hydraulic structures)

Any other book related to Hydrology and Water Rsources

Additional Readings
Research papers from Journals like, Water Resources Research; Journal of Water Resources
Planning and Management, Journal of Hydrology, ASCE; Water Resources Management, Water
International etc.
Assignments
Assignements given in a week is due on the following weeks last class. There is no late
submission option.

Note: Minimum of 80% attendance in the lectures is essential.

WAteR If not managed properly leeds to WAR


Hard Work is the Best substitute for the Hard Work
Proposed lectures in this course

Lecture Names No. of 1.5 hr classes


1. CE401_Lecture Series 1_Introduction. 1
2. CE401_Lecture Series 2_Precipitation. 3
3. CE401_Lecture Series 3_abstracts. 2
4. CE401_Lecture Series 4_basin characteristics. 1
5. CE401_Lecture Series 5_Runoff_and_streamflow. 3
6. CE401_Lecture Series 6_Hydrographs. 3
7. CE401_Lecture Series 7_Floods. 2
8. CE401-Lecture Series 8_Flood routing. 1
9. CE401-Lecture Series 9_dam engineering. 2
10. CE401-Lecture Series 10_Reservoir engineering. 1
11. CE401-Lecture Series 11_Water Requirements of Crops 2
12. CE401-Lecture Series 12_Hydropower. 1
13. CE401-Lecture Series 13_River Intake and outlets. 1
14. CE401-Lecture Series 14_introduction to systems engg. 1
15. CE401-Lecture Series 15_Canal Irrigation System. 1
16. CE401-Lecture Series 16_Canal Headworks. 1
17. CE401-Lecture Series 17_river training works. 1
(around 40
Total 27 hrs)

SMART
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Timebound

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