Syllabus - Engineering Hydrology (CE 802(A))

Hydrological cycle, water budget, Practical applications of Hydrology, Hydrometerology, airmasses. Formation of precipitation, types of precipitation, meteorological observations, probability & random variables, regression analysis, catchment its type and importance, measurement of precipitation, Raingauges, location of raingauges, interpretations & analysis of rainfall data, calculation of average rainfall, Hyetograph, Intensity-duration, Frequency curves , Mass curve.

Stream flow measurement and various methods, stage-discharge relations. Rating curve and its extension, stream gauge Networking, stage & discharge hydrographs, evaporation & evapotranspiration-calculation, factors affecting measurement, Reducing evaporation.

Infilleration, Factors affecting it, measurement of Infilleration, Infilleration equation and Indices. Occurance of ground water, Darcey’s law, flow in wells (steady & unsteady). Ground water exploration. Yield of well, determination of yield.

Runoff and its components, factors affecting runoff, Basin yield, Rainfall-Runoff relationships, flow-duration curve, flow mass curve, Hydrograph, separation of hydrograph, unit hydrograph - theory & application, derivation of unit hydrograph convolution equation, unit hydrograph from complex storms unit hydrograph for various durations, synthetic unit hydrograph, S-curve hydrograph, distribution graph, use & applications of unit hydrograph, Dimensionless unit Hydrograph.

Instataneous unit Hydrograph, Derivation of IUH, flood routing, reservoir routing, different methods, storage discharge relationship, ISD method, puls method, channel routing –muskingham method, design flood –Empirical & rational formula, frequency analysis, Gumbel’s distribution, Reservoir sedimentation-causes, factors affecting & control.