Subject Code: CE6L508 Name: Hydraulic Structures L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3

Pre-requisite: None
Advanced topics in design and construction of gravity, earth and rockfill dams; Dynamic analysis of gravity dams under earthquake loading; Theories of seepage, Design of weirs and barrages; Spillways and energy dissipators; Gates; Sluices; Galleries; Contraction joints; Seepage control measures; Principles of foundation treatment.
Text/Reference Books:

  • Garg, S. K., Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulic Structures, 19th Edition, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2006.
  • Novak, P., Moffat, A. I. B., Nalluri, C., and Narayanan, R., Hydraulic Structures, Fourth Edition, Taylor and Francis, New York, 2007.
  • Varshney, R. S.,Hydro Power Structures, Second Edition, Nem Chand and Bros., Roorkee, 1977.