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    HYDROLOGY

    COURSE DESCRIPTION

    The course details on the hydrologic cycle and the


    different processes such as precipitation,
    evaporation, infiltration, overland flow, groundwater
    flow and surface runoff generation.
    NUMBER OF UNITS
    FOR LECTURE AND LABORATORY

    2 UNITS LECTURE
    NUMBER OF CONTACT HOURS
    PER WEEK

    2 HOURS LECTURE

    PREREQUISITES

    INTEGRAL CALCULUS
    COURSE OUTCOME
    At the end of the course, the student must be able to:

    1. Discuss the appropriate diagram of the hydrologic


    cycle and the different processes and storages within
    the cycle.

    2. Perform calculation related to measurements,


    movement and storages in the different processes of
    the hydrologic cycle.
    COURSE OUTLINE
    1. Definition of Hydrology
    2. The Hydrologic cycle
    3. Precipitation
    • Formation of Precipitation
    • Different types of Precipitation
    • Rainfall characteristics (Depth, Duration,
    Intensity, Hyetograph)
    • Point Rainfall Measurements
    • Different Types of Rain gauges
    • Estimation of Missing rainfall data
    • Conversion of Point rainfall to areal rainfall
    • Doble Mass Analysis
    COURSE OUTLINE
    4. Infiltration
    • Definition of Infiltration
    • Factors affecting Infiltration and infiltration measurements
    • Horton Model and Philip’s equation,
    • Green AMPT model
    • Ponding time
    • Fitting infiltration models to infiltrate date using Excel
    5. Evaporation (Here only discussions of basic concepts are
    introduced.
    • The detailed calculations will be dealt in Irrigation
    Engineering)
    • Physics of Evaporation
    • Factors affecting evaporation
    • Measurements of different factors for evaporation
    • Available methods/procedures for estimating evaporation from
    open water
    COURSE OUTLINE
    6. Basic Subsurface flow (Steady State condition)
    • Law of Darcy, confined and unconfined Aquifers
    • Ground water flow in Confined Aquifers
    • Ground water flow in unconfined Aquifers
    • Radial ground water flow in Confined Aquifer
    • Radial ground water flow in unconfined Aquifer
    • Travel time of ground water in confined aquifer
    7.  Rainfall-Runoff relation
    • Definition of hydrograph
    • Hydrograph Separation
    • Unit Hydrograph
    • Estimation of discharge using unit hydrograph
    • Rational Formula
    • SCS Curve Method
    REFERENCE BOOKS
    1. Bedient P. B., Huber W. C. and Vieux., B. E.
    Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis, Pearson 4th
    Ed., Philippine edition copyright 2010
    2. David Chin, Water Resources Engineering, 3rd Ed.,
    Pearson, 2013
    3. McCuen, R. H., Hydrologic Analysis and Design,
    Prentice Hall, 1989
    4. Linsley, R. K. , M. A. Kohler and J. L. H. Paulhus,
    Hydrology for Engineers by: McGraw-Hill, 1988
    5. Applied Hydrology by VenTe Chow, David
    Maidment and Larry Mays; McGRAW-HILL
    international Editions; 1988
    6. Handbook of Hydrology, David maidment, 1993
    END OF
    PRESENTATION.

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