USN 10cv846

Eighth Semester B.E. Degree Examination, June /July 2014

Water Resources Engineering
Time: 3 hrs. Max. Mark,s:100

Note: Answer any FIVE full questions, selecting atleast TWO questions from; each part

PART _ A

a. List and,explain any five water management sectors. ,=', (10 Marks)
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b. Explain th role of any five water management community in #eief resources engineering.
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a. With a neat sfetdh!?.xplarn hydrologic cycle. l'

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b. Describe the three try and any five forms of preclp-itati . (08 Marks)
c. what is meant by design storm? How can it be deteffiihed? (04 Marks)

a. Define unit hydrograph. Wh;; are the urru-p,ibns underlying the unit hydrograph theory?
Give any three limitations. 't ., '=' (10 Marks)
b. Determine the runoff from a watershed of 60ha. The followingdataare available :

Depth of rainfall - 100mm ; $ 'edant rainfall condition

- AMC -I ; Row crop,
Good condition in 40ha ; wood land;"good condition in 20ha.
Type of crop Cur,ve Number
AMC I II ilI
Row crop, good 6s.6 82 92.66
Wood land, good 35.15 5.s 74.25
The day after the 'iainfall of 100mm and another rainfalt af 50mm. Estimate the surface
runoff from the watershed.

Write sha tes on : i) Drip irrigation ii) Border flooding.

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b. Explain,briefly any two drought management options. (04 Marks)
c. The 11,ield of water in Mm3 from a catchment areas during each successive month from Jan to
Dec is given below :
,"L..4 ,2.7 ,2.9 ,9.4 ,lr.g ,11.9 ,7.7 ,2.9 ,2.52 ,2.24 ,7.96, 1.6g.
Determine the minimum capacity of a reservoir required to allow the above volume of water
to be drawn off at a uniform rate assuming that there is no loss of water over the spillway.
(08 Ma*s)

PART _ B

a. Define flood plain. Explain any two flood management methods. (06 Marks)
b. What are the tangible and intangible benefits from a flood control project? (06 Marks)
c. Explain the structural and non - structural measures of flood control alternatives.
(08 Marks)

a. Give any seven design criteria for storm sewers. (07 Marks)

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b. An engineer is required to design a drainage system for an airport with an areaof 2.5kmt fo,
a 50 yeffi return period. The 50 year rainfall intensity in that region is given by
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Where I is the intensity in cm/hr and t is the duration in minutes. If the concentration time
for the area is estimated as 50 minutes, for what discharge must he design the system?
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ti, Efith neat sketch, explain detention basin outlet works. .. 'ii '''(08 Marks)
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a. With,,;ftat sketches, write a note on : " ,,,

i) PdV.b t dratnage inlet ii)

Median inlets. (10 Marks)
b. Give any'$V;e design considerations for street pavements. i-* ' (10 Marks)
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a. With a neat sketch, explain rockfill dam. . 1

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b. List the factors affeCfing the required spillway , capacity.",*:. ''" (05 Marks)
c. List the 6 types of ffllway crest gates. With neat -skqtch,'explain any one type of spillway
crest gate. (09 Marks)

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