SYLLABUS AND LECTURE PLAN

CVL 411: DESIGN OF HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES

SL NO TOPIC CONTENT
UNIT A
STORAGE & DIVERSION HEAD WORKS
1 Topic 1 Estimation of surface runoff and design floods. Flood routing Techniques.
Layout of storage and diversion head works, function of each component.
Topic 2 Failure of hydraulic structures on permeable foundations.
Designs based on Blighs, Lanes and Khoslas theories Design of all components
Topic 3 of barrage and canal head regulator.
UNIT B
RESERVOIR ROUTING & OPERATION

2 Topic 1 Capacity- Elevation and Area- Elevation curves of reservoir site. Storage zones of reservoir, relation
between Inflow, Outflow & Storage. Fixing reservoir capacity.
Estimation of demands and optimum reservoir operations. Hydrologic &
Topic 2 Hydraulic reservoir routing. Rule curves and operating tables for reservoir.
Topic 3 Reservoir sedimentation. Economic height of dam.
UNIT C
GRAVITY, EARTH & ROCKFILL DAMS
3 Topic 1 Forces acting on dams and analysis of their stability. Modes of failure and factor of safety in design of dams.
Design of elementary and practical profiles of a gravity dam. Inspection
Topic 2 Galleries, Joints and control of cracks in dams. Phreatic line- its characteristics
and determination
Topic 3 Design of earth and rock fill dams.
UNIT D
SPILLWAY, ENERGY DISSIPATORS, HYDRO-POWER GENERATION
4 Topic 1 Types and functions of spillways Determination of capacity of spillway.
Design of Ogee spillway, Crest Gates and energy dissipation arrangements
Topic 2 below spillways.
Layout of Power House and its structures. Potential and status of development
Topic 3 of hydro-power in India-important terms used.
UNIT E
Design of canals in regime conditions. Design of lined canals and its
5 Topic 1 maintenance
Design of full capacity discharge and Full supply Level of canals. Design of head
Topic 2 and cross regulators in canal network.
Topic 3 Design of different location specific cross-drainage works, canal escapes, Outlets

BOOKS
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Roorkee.
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6. B.C. Punmia and Pandey B. B. Lal, Irrigation and Water Power Engineering, Standard Publishers and Distributors,
Nai sarak, Delhi.
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