DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

2150602- HWRE (ASSIGNMENT)

Assignment-1 INTRODUCTION

1 Describe non-automatic and automatic rain gauges. Explain the merits and demerits
of each.
2 A recording rain gauge was installed on a basin having catchment area of 35 km2.
The mass curve of rainfall is recorded during a storm is given below. If the volume of
measured runoff due to storm is 1.4 106 m3, estimate the -index of the basin.
Time 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Accumulated 0 8 18 59 68 83 89 95
Rainfall in MM
3 Describe in detail the factors affecting infiltration.
4 Explain various forms of precipitation. & Explain the use of tipping bucket type rain
gauge.
5 Write short note on evapotranspiration and its measurements.
6 Explain the various methods of determining average rainfall over a catchment due to
storm. Discuss relative merits and demerits of each.
7 Explain how will you find out missing rainfall data?
8 A rain gauge D was inoperative during a specific storm. The rainfall recorded at
three surrounding stations A, B and C during that storm were 52, 85 and 70 mm
respectively. If the average annual rainfall of stations A, B, C and D are 650, 900, 820
and 700 mm respectively, estimate the storm rainfall of station D.
9 The rainfall values at gauging stations and corresponding areas of Thiessens
polygons for a drainage basin are as follows: Compute the average rainfall over the
basin.
station A B C D E F G
Area of thiesien 160 135 92 110 68 70 35
polygon in km ^ 2
Rainfall in cm 10 13.5 9.1 12.6 11.2 14 10.8

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Assignment-2 HYDROGRAPH ANALYSIS & GROUND WATER

1 A thunder storm of 6hour duration produces the following flood hydrograph. Derive the
ordinates of unit hydrograph for a catchment area of 2845 km2. Also sketch the resulting unit
hydrograph.
Date July 3 July 4 July 5
Time 6 12 6 12 mid 6 am 12 6 12 mid 6 12
Hour am noon pm night noon pm night am noon
Discharge 100 400 1500 3500 5100 3000 1500 900 400 100
2 The ordinates of flood hydrograph for a drainage basin in response to a 6-hour storm are
observed as follows:
Time (hr) 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33
H.O. 15 35 67 109 151 175 195 153 139 113 87 63

Time (hr) 36 39 42 45
H.O. 47 31 23 15
Considering total rainfall of 7 cm during the storm, average rate of infiltration loss of 0.5
cm/hr and a constant base flow of 15 cumec, derive ordinates of the 6-hour unit hydrograph.
Also estimate area of the basin.
3 The ordinates of flood hydrograph from a 4 hour rainfall are given below. Derive the ordinates
of 4 hour unit hydrograph for a catchment area of 640 km2
Time Hr. 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40
Discharge 30 68 205 410 330 254 195 133 95 58 30
in m3/s
4 Define unit hydrograph and its uses. Clearly explain the assumption made in the derivation of
unit hydrograph.
5 Explain procedure to derive s-curve hydrograph from a given unit hydrograph. What are the
uses of s-curve hydrograph?
6 Define Hydrograph. Draw a typical single-peaked hydrograph and explain its components.
7 Define unit hydrograph. Describe the procedure of deriving a unit hydrograph from a given
flood hydrograph.
8 Discuss the various methods adopted to separate the base flow.
9 Define the following (1) Aquifer (2) Aquiclude (3) Aquifuge (4) Specific yield (5) Specific
retention (6) Storage coefficient (7) Transmissibility coefficient
10 Explain Darcys law with its limitations. Describe the procedure of proving it
experimentally
11 Define the following in relation to aquifer
(1) Confined aquifer (2) Unconfined aquifer (3) Aquiclude (4) Aquifuge (5)
Transmissibility (6) Storage coefficient (7) Specific yield
12 Derive an expression for discharge from a well in confined aquifer. The well fully
Penetrates it.
13 An unconfined aquifer has a thickness of 30 m. A fully penetrating 20 cm diameter well in
this aquifer is pumped at a rate of 35 lit/s. The drawdown measured in two observation
wells located at distances of 10 m and 100 m from the well are 7.5 m and 0.5 m
respectively. Determine the average hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer. At what distance
from the well the drawdown is insignificant.

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Assignment-3 Reservoir & Hydro Electric Power

1 Explain various purpose of reservoir with types of reservoir.

2 Explain with neat sketch storage zones of a reservoir.
3 Explain different types of Reservoir Losses.
4 What do you mean by Reservoir Yield?
5 Explain how the storage capacity of a reservoir is fixed?
6 What are the various causes for the reservoir sedimentation?
7 Differentiate Hydroelectric and thermal power plants.
8 Explain the following terms.
Gross Head, Net Head, Operating Head, Installed Capacity, Capacity Factor, Firm Power,
Secondary Power, Load Factor, Power Factor, Utilization Factor, Storage, Poundage

9 Explain the classification Hydro electrical Plant

10 Explain the classification Hydro electrical Plant based on head.
11 Explain the classification Hydro electrical Plant based on fall.
12 Show general arrangement of a hydro power project.
13 What are the principal components of a hydro electrical scheme? Discuss the utility of each
component.

Assignment-4 Flood Management, Draught Management & Rain water Harvesting

1 Explain various causes of flood.

2 Discuss the use of levees and flood wall for the flood control. What are their relative
advantages and disadvantages?
3 Explain structural and non structural approaches of controlling damage due to flood.
4 Explain the Non- structural flood measures.
5 Write short note on : 1) Flood Wall 2) Levees 3) Flood control by storage reservoir.
6 Write detail note on flood management.
7 Differentiate the following.
a) Channel routing and Reservoir routing.
b) Prism storage and wedge storage.

8 Define flood routing. What are the uses of flood routing?

9 Explain the method of design flood estimation using the rational method.
10 How would you estimate flood for a flood control project? Explain briefly.

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11 Discuss in brief Reservoir routing and channel routing.

12 Explain clearly Design Flood and Time Concentration.

13 Define:
a) Maximum Probable Flood ( MPF )
b) Standard Project Flood ( SPF )
c) Design Flood
14 Explain flood frequency methods for estimation of peak flood.

15 Explain Gumbels distribution method for estimation of peak flood.