Friday, November 19, 2010

CrazyEngineers Forum - Mechanical & Civil Engineering

CrazyEngineers Forum - Mechanical & Civil Engineering


Irrigation engineering- question bank

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 01:05 AM PST

  1. Define irrigation and explain its necessity and scope in India
  2. Describe the different types of Irrigation schemes . Explain each briefly
  3. What are the benefits and ill effects of Irrigation.?
  4. Define , Duty, Delta and base period .Establish the relationship between
    them.
  5. Explain the relative advantages and disadvantages in the following cases.
    i)Lift Irrigation and canal Irrigation
    ii)Drip Irrigation and sprinkler Irrigation.
  6. Explain in brief about "Drip Irrigation" method
  7. A loam soil has field capacity of 23 % and wilting coefficient of 11%.The
    dry unit weight of soil is 14 KN / m3 and the root zone depth is 75 cm .
    Determine the storage capacity of soil . Irrigation water is applied when
    moisture contain is falls to 15%. If water application efficiency is 78 % ..
  8. Determine the depth required to be applied in the field.
  9. Define the following term
    i) Water conveyance efficiency
    ii)Intensity of irrigation.
    iii) Capacity factor
    iv)Crop and base period
  10. Explain the various modes of failure and stability checks for Gravity Dam.

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