CE2301 IRRIGATION ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEERING V,5TH SEMESTER SYLLABUS

CE2301 IRRIGATION ENGINEERING

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Irrigation – Need and mode of irrigation – Merits and demerits of irrigation – Crop and crop seasons – consumptive use of water – Duty – Factors affecting duty – Irrigation
efficiencies – Planning and Development of irrigation projects.

UNIT II IRRIGATION METHODS

Canal irrigation – Lift irrigation – Tank irrigation – Flooding methods – Merits and
demerits – Sprinkler irrigation – Drip irrigation

UNIT III DIVERSION AND IMPOUNDING STRUCTURES 

Weirs – elementary profile of a weir – weirs on pervious foundations - Types of
impounding structures - Percolation ponds – Tanks, Sluices and Weirs – Gravity dams –
Earth dams – Arch dams – Spillways – Factors affecting location and type of dams –
Forces on a dam – Hydraulic design of dams.

UNIT IV CANAL IRRIGATION 

Alignment of canals – Classification of canals – Canal drops – Hydraulic design of drops
– Cross drainage works – Hydraulic design of cross drainage works – Canal Head works
– Canal regulators – River Training works.

UNIT V IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENT 

Need for optimisation of water use – Minimising irrigation water losses – On farm
development works - Participatory irrigation management – Water users associations –
Changing paradigms in water management – Performance evaluation.

TEXT BOOKS
1. Asawa, G.L., “Irrigation Engineering”, New Age International Publishers, 2000
2. Punima B.C. & Pande B.B .Lal Irrigation and Water Power Engineering, Laxmi Publishing, New Delhi 2007
3. Michael, A.M, Irrigation Theory and Practical, Vikas Publishing Pvt Ltd, 2006
4. Gupta, B.L, & Amir Gupta, “Irrigation Engineering”, Satya Praheshan, New Delhi

REFERENCES
1. Dilip Kumar Majumdar, “Irrigation Water Management (Principles & Practices)”,
Prentice Hall of India (P), Ltd, 2000
2. Basak, N.N, “Irrigation Engineering”, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. New Delhi,
1999
3. Sharma R.K.. “Irrigation Engineering”, S.Chand & Co. 2007.