Fundamentals of Soil & Water Conservation Engineering (Paper Code: 17010510)

Surveying: survey equipment, chain survey, cross staff, plotting procedure, calculations of area of regular and irregular fields

Leveling: leveling equipment, terminology, methods of calculation of reduced levels, types of leveling, contouring

Irrigation: classification of projects, flow irrigation and lift irrigation; water lifting devices; pumps: capacity, power calculations; irrigation water measurement: weirs, flumes and orifices

Water conveyance systems: open channel and underground pipeline; irrigation methods: border, basin, furrow, drip and sprinkler irrigation systems; soil and water conservation: soil erosion

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Acquaintance with chain survey equipment, ranging and measurement of offsets, chain triangulation

cross staff survey; plotting of chain triangulation; plotting of cross staff survey; leveling equipment, dumpy level

leveling staff, temporary adjustment and staff reading; differential leveling; profile leveling; contour survey grid method

plotting of contours; study of centrifugal pumping system and irrigation water measurement devices

study of different components of sprinkler irrigation systems; study of different components of drip irrigation systems

uniformity of water application in drip and sprinkler systems

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1.       Kanetkar, Kulkarni. Surveying and leveling, AVG Prakasan, 23rd edition . 2005

2.       Ojha, T.P. and A.M. Michael. Principles of Agricultural Engineering, Vol.II. Jain Brothers New Delhi.3rd edition 2001.

3.       Singhal, O.P. Agricultural Engineering, 1997