Question bank: HWRE(SY Civil 2nd sem)

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An S-curve hydrograph is derived for a basin of 540 km2 from a 6 h unit hydrograph. The (5)
equilibrium discharge in the S-curve ism3/s
The peak ordinate of a 4 h unit hydrograph of a basin is 270 m3/s. Then, the peak ordinate of 8 h
unit hydrograph of the same basin will be.........................than 270 m3/s
The base period of a 6h unit hydrograph of a basin is 84 h. Then a 12h hydrograph derived from
this 6 h unit hydrograph will have a base period of..h
The 4 h unit hydrograph of a basin can be approximated as a triangle with a base period of 48 h
and a peak ordinate of 200 m3/s Then area of the basin is..km2
State the disadvantage of Construction of Levees method of flood control.

Obtain a Unit Hydrograph for a basin of 315 km2 of area using the rainfall and stream flow data
tabulated below. State its unit period.

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Sketch a typical flow mass curve and explain how it could be used for the determination of

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(a) the minimum storage needed to meet a constant demand

(b) the maximum constant maintainable demand from a given storage.
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State assumptions of flood frequency studies. What do you understand by 75% dependable flood?
Data covering a period of 92 years for the river Ganga at Raiwala yielded the mean and standard
derivation of the annual flood series as 6437 and 2951 m3/s respectively. Using Gumbels method
estimate the flood discharge with a return period of 500 years.
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resources engineering projects
( 2marks).
A catchment area of 140 km2 received 120cm of rainfall in a year. At the outlet of the
catchment the flow in the stream draining the catchment was found to have an average
rate of 2.0 m3/s for 3 months, 3.0 m3/s for 6 months and 5.0 m3/s for 3 months.
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What is the runoff coefficient of the catchment?
(II)
If the afforestation of the catchment reduces the runoff coefficient to 0.50, what
is the increase in the abstraction from precipitation due to infiltration,
evaporation and transpiration, for the same annual rainfall of 120 cm?
Draw a typical Flow duration curve. Write procedure to obtain the curve

The following data were collected for a stream at a gauging station. Compute the
discharge by (i) mid-section method (ii) mean-section method.

Explain open well recuperation test procedure.

How safe yield is obtained in this test?

Explain briefly how do you differentiate: Weir, Barrage , Dam

Draw a typical layout & cross-section of a Percolation tank. What are the attributes of
good site for constructing a Percolation tank?

Explain any three water shed development works.

Explain any two methods to improve duty

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The culturable command area for a distributary channel is 10,000 hectares. The intensity
of irrigation is 30% for wheat and 15% for rice. The kor period for wheat is 4 weeks, and
for rice 3 weeks. Kor watering depths for wheat and rice are 135 mm and 190 mm,
respectively. Estimate the outlet discharge.

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HWRE (2013-14 Sem 2)
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Tutorial 2
HWRE (2014-15 Sem 2)
Problem 1: The following table lists the storm rainfall totals for several raingauges within a catchment area along with
their Thiessen weights. Estimate the average rainfall for this event over the catchment area.

Problem 2:

Problem 3
Find the mean precipitation for the area shown in Fig. by arithmetic mean method, Thiessen polygon method and
isohyetel method. The area is composed of a square plus an equilateral triangular plot of side 2 km. Rainfall readings are
in cm at the various stations indicated.

Tutorial 3
HWRE (2014-15 Sem 2)
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