Study Scheme and Syllabus of B.

Tech Civil Engineering, Batch 2018 onwards

Board of Studies – Civil and Environmental Science, Affiliated Colleges, IKGPTU Kapurthala

Seventh/Eight Semester
S. No. Category Code Course Title Hours Credits
L T P
1 Professional Course PECE-703A-18 Design of Hydraulic 3 1 0 4
Courses Structures
External Marks: 60, Internal Marks: 40, Total Marks: 100
Content
Unit 1:Design of Storage Structures – Planning and investigations of reservoir and damsite, choice of dams, Analysis
and Design of dams: Gravity dams, Earthen dams, rockfill dams, buttress dams. Spillway and Non-overflow sections
and their design, Types of spillways, Flow characteristics of gated/ungated spillways. Types of energy dissipators
Influence of tail water rating curve on choice of energy Dissipater, Backwater curve analysis for reservoirs.
Unit 2: Diversion Structures- Barrages and weirs on permeable foundations, Design of different types of weirs: Sharp
crested weirs, broad crested weirs. Barrage components: Glacis, Rigid apron, Flexible (concrete block) apron, Design
consideration of barrages for surface and sub-surface flows,causes of failure, Bligh’s and Lane’s creep theory,Khosla’s
theory and method of independent variables, standard profiles, corrections, exit gradient, plotting of HGL, Design of d/s
and u/s protection works, length of pucca concrete floor.
Unit 3: Canal Structures- Head regulator, Cross regulator and Falls, Canal section design (unlined and lined); in
cutting and filling, Aqueducts; Super passage; Syphon Aqueducts, Distribution structures for conveying water from
canals to irrigation fields, Canal capacity determination from field water requirements. Design considerations for cross
drainage works: hydraulic structures, including spillways, stilling basins, and embankment seepage; Design of canal
falls, Canal Outlets, Essential requirements, classifications, criteria for outlet behaviours, flexibility, proportionality,
sensitivity, sensitiveness, Fluming the canal. Design of Channel Transition, Operation and maintenance of canals.

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