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Code No: R05310104 R05 Set No. 2

III B.Tech I Semester Examinations,May/June 2012
WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING-I
Civil Engineering
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
?????

1. (a) Write notes on the following:

i. Permanent wilting point,
ii. Readily available soil moisture

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iii. Moisture equivalent
(b) After how many days will you supply water to the soil (clay loam) in order to
ensure efficient irrigation of a given crop, if
Field capacity of soil:27%,
Permanent wilting point:14%,
Density of soil:1.5g/cm3 ,
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Effective depth of root zone:75cm,

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Daily consumptive use of water for the given crop: 11mm [6+10]

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2. (a) Explain the methods of estimating missing rainfall data at a station in a basin.
(b) Explain step by step procedure you would adopt to prepare the depth-area-
duration curves for a particular storm for a basin having a number of rain-

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gauges, most of which are recording.

3. (a) What do you understand by synthetic unit hydrograph. Explain how it is

[8+8]

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derived.
(b) Ordinates of 4 h UH in m3 /sec are given below. Obtain 3 h UH by S-
hydrograph approach. [8+8]
Time (h) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
Ordinates of 4h UH(m3 /sec) 0 40 160 260 300 260 180 105 55 30 10 0

4. (a) Describe the method of estimating a Tr -year flood using Gumbel’s distribution.
(b) The mean of the annual maximum floods at a gauging station with 40 years
of records is 1300 cumec and the variance is 1620 cumec. Estimate the mag-
nmitude of the 100-year flood.
(Hint : variance = square of standard deviation, σ 2 ). [8+8]

5. (a) Describe in brief various methods of developing a tube well.

(b) What do you understand by recuperation test? Derive the equations used in
the test. [8+8]

6. (a) List out various Indian agricultural soils and explain any two of them.
(b) What is meant by micro irrigation? [12+4]

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7. (a) What is meant by ‘regime of a river’.
(b) Compare briefly, the silt theories of Kennedy’s and Lacey’s.
(c) Design a regime channel to carry a discharge of 50 cumecs. Assume silt factor
as 1.0. [4+8+4]

8. (a) Define pan coefficient. Discuss the relative merits and demerits of sunken,
floating and land pans.
(b) The average rainfall over 45 ha of watershed for a particular storm was as
follows:
Time(hr) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Rainfall(cm) 0 0.5 1.0 3.25 2.5 1.5 0.5 0
The volume of runoff from this storm was determined as 2.25 ha-m. Establish
the φ-index.

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L D [8+8]

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U W
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Code No: R05310104 R05 Set No. 4

III B.Tech I Semester Examinations,May/June 2012
WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING-I
Civil Engineering
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
?????

1. (a) What do you understand by synthetic unit hydrograph. Explain how it is

derived.
(b) Ordinates of 4 h UH in m3 /sec are given below. Obtain 3 h UH by S-
hydrograph approach. [8+8]
Time (h) 0
Ordinates of 4h UH(m3 /sec) 0
2 4
40 160
6 8
260 300
10
260

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180 105
16 18 20 22
55 30 10 0

Time(hr) 0 1 2 3 4 O R
2. (a) Define pan coefficient. Discuss the relative merits and demerits of sunken,
floating and land pans.
(b) The average rainfall over 45 ha of watershed for a particular storm was as
follows:
5 6 7

the φ-index.

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Rainfall(cm) 0 0.5 1.0 3.25 2.5 1.5 0.5 0
The volume of runoff from this storm was determined as 2.25 ha-m. Establish
[8+8]

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3. (a) Write notes on the following:
i. Permanent wilting point,

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ii. Readily available soil moisture
iii. Moisture equivalent
(b) After how many days will you supply water to the soil (clay loam) in order to
ensure efficient irrigation of a given crop, if
Field capacity of soil:27%,
Permanent wilting point:14%,
Density of soil:1.5g/cm3 ,
Effective depth of root zone:75cm,
Daily consumptive use of water for the given crop: 11mm [6+10]

4. (a) Explain the methods of estimating missing rainfall data at a station in a basin.
(b) Explain step by step procedure you would adopt to prepare the depth-area-
duration curves for a particular storm for a basin having a number of rain-
gauges, most of which are recording. [8+8]

5. (a) Describe in brief various methods of developing a tube well.

(b) What do you understand by recuperation test? Derive the equations used in
the test. [8+8]

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6. (a) List out various Indian agricultural soils and explain any two of them.
(b) What is meant by micro irrigation? [12+4]

7. (a) Describe the method of estimating a Tr -year flood using Gumbel’s distribution.
(b) The mean of the annual maximum floods at a gauging station with 40 years
of records is 1300 cumec and the variance is 1620 cumec. Estimate the mag-
nmitude of the 100-year flood.
(Hint : variance = square of standard deviation, σ 2 ). [8+8]

8. (a) What is meant by ‘regime of a river’.

(b) Compare briefly, the silt theories of Kennedy’s and Lacey’s.
(c) Design a regime channel to carry a discharge of 50 cumecs. Assume silt factor
as 1.0.

?????
L D [4+8+4]

O R
U W
N T
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Code No: R05310104 R05 Set No. 1

III B.Tech I Semester Examinations,May/June 2012
WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING-I
Civil Engineering
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
?????

1. (a) Explain the methods of estimating missing rainfall data at a station in a basin.
(b) Explain step by step procedure you would adopt to prepare the depth-area-
duration curves for a particular storm for a basin having a number of rain-
gauges, most of which are recording. [8+8]

2. (a) What is meant by ‘regime of a river’.

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(b) Compare briefly, the silt theories of Kennedy’s and Lacey’s. D
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(c) Design a regime channel to carry a discharge of 50 cumecs. Assume silt factor
as 1.0.

3. (a) Describe in brief various methods of developing a tube well.

[4+8+4]

(b) What do you understand by recuperation test? Derive the equations used in
the test.

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4. (a) What do you understand by synthetic unit hydrograph. Explain how it is
derived.
[8+8]

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(b) Ordinates of 4 h UH in m3 /sec are given below. Obtain 3 h UH by S-
hydrograph approach. [8+8]

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Time (h) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
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Ordinates of 4h UH(m /sec) 0 40 160 260 300 260 180 105 55 30 10 0
5. (a) List out various Indian agricultural soils and explain any two of them.
(b) What is meant by micro irrigation? [12+4]

6. (a) Define pan coefficient. Discuss the relative merits and demerits of sunken,
floating and land pans.
(b) The average rainfall over 45 ha of watershed for a particular storm was as
follows:
Time(hr) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Rainfall(cm) 0 0.5 1.0 3.25 2.5 1.5 0.5 0
The volume of runoff from this storm was determined as 2.25 ha-m. Establish
the φ-index. [8+8]

7. (a) Write notes on the following:

i. Permanent wilting point,
ii. Readily available soil moisture
iii. Moisture equivalent

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(b) After how many days will you supply water to the soil (clay loam) in order to
ensure efficient irrigation of a given crop, if
Field capacity of soil:27%,
Permanent wilting point:14%,
Density of soil:1.5g/cm3 ,
Effective depth of root zone:75cm,
Daily consumptive use of water for the given crop: 11mm [6+10]

8. (a) Describe the method of estimating a Tr -year flood using Gumbel’s distribution.
(b) The mean of the annual maximum floods at a gauging station with 40 years
of records is 1300 cumec and the variance is 1620 cumec. Estimate the mag-
nmitude of the 100-year flood.
(Hint : variance = square of standard deviation, σ 2 ).

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[8+8]

?????

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U W
N T
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Code No: R05310104 R05 Set No. 3

III B.Tech I Semester Examinations,May/June 2012
WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING-I
Civil Engineering
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
?????

1. (a) What is meant by ‘regime of a river’.

(b) Compare briefly, the silt theories of Kennedy’s and Lacey’s.
(c) Design a regime channel to carry a discharge of 50 cumecs. Assume silt factor

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as 1.0. [4+8+4]

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2. (a) Define pan coefficient. Discuss the relative merits and demerits of sunken,
floating and land pans.

Time(hr) 0 1 2 3 4
Rainfall(cm) 0 0.5 1.0 3.25 2.5 1.5 0.5 0
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(b) The average rainfall over 45 ha of watershed for a particular storm was as
follows:
6 7

The volume of runoff from this storm was determined as 2.25 ha-m. Establish
the φ-index.

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3. (a) List out various Indian agricultural soils and explain any two of them.
[8+8]

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(b) What is meant by micro irrigation? [12+4]

4. (a) Describe the method of estimating a Tr -year flood using Gumbel’s distribution.

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(b) The mean of the annual maximum floods at a gauging station with 40 years

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of records is 1300 cumec and the variance is 1620 cumec. Estimate the mag-
nmitude of the 100-year flood.
(Hint : variance = square of standard deviation, σ 2 ). [8+8]

5. (a) Describe in brief various methods of developing a tube well.

(b) What do you understand by recuperation test? Derive the equations used in
the test. [8+8]

6. (a) What do you understand by synthetic unit hydrograph. Explain how it is

derived.
(b) Ordinates of 4 h UH in m3 /sec are given below. Obtain 3 h UH by S-
hydrograph approach. [8+8]
Time (h) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
Ordinates of 4h UH(m3 /sec) 0 40 160 260 300 260 180 105 55 30 10 0

7. (a) Write notes on the following:

i. Permanent wilting point,
ii. Readily available soil moisture

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iii. Moisture equivalent
(b) After how many days will you supply water to the soil (clay loam) in order to
ensure efficient irrigation of a given crop, if
Field capacity of soil:27%,
Permanent wilting point:14%,
Density of soil:1.5g/cm3 ,
Effective depth of root zone:75cm,
Daily consumptive use of water for the given crop: 11mm [6+10]

8. (a) Explain the methods of estimating missing rainfall data at a station in a basin.
(b) Explain step by step procedure you would adopt to prepare the depth-area-
duration curves for a particular storm for a basin having a number of rain-
gauges, most of which are recording.

?????
L D [8+8]

O R
U W
N T
J

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