UG SLOT-‘D’

VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NAGPUR -440010

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
(Mid Semester Examination S-2022)

Subject: CEL 401-IRRIGATION ENGINEERING

SET A (All Odd Roll No.s)

CLASS : B.Tech. SEMESTER : VIIIth

BRANCH : CIVIL SESSION : S-2022
TIME : 1:00 HR (11:00 to 12:00) MAX MARKS : 25
DATE : 05/03/2022 Day : Saturday

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE

1) Assume suitable data wherever necessary.

2) Illustrate your answers wherever necessary with the help of neat sketches.
3) Use of standard graphs is allowed provided nothing is handwritten/typed on the same paper
while using.

Q No. Marks
Q1. a. What is mean by Duty and Delta of canal water? How they are related? 3

b. Discuss briefly the causes of failure of hydraulic structures founded on pervious 3

foundation
c. What do you mean by cash crops? Explain with Examples. 3

Q2. a. How the reservoir capacity is fixed? 3

b 3
What is the difference between flood control reservoir and a multi-purpose
reservoir?
c. Discuss the various modes of failure of Gravity dam 3
d. Discuss the geological and topographical features which affect the selection of the 2
type of dam.
Q3. a. For a dam with base 58 m, downstream slope 2:3, upstream face vertical, RL of heel 5
is 105m, RL of MWL is 186m, RL of tail water 112m, and drainage gallery at 8 m
from heel, Calculate the maximum vertical stresses at the heel and toe of the dam
and major principal stress at the toe of the dam. Also, intensity of shear stress on a
horizontal plane near the toe.

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 UG SLOT-‘D’
VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NAGPUR -440010
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
(Mid Semester Examination S-2022)

Subject: CEL 401-IRRIGATION ENGINEERING

SET A (All Even Roll No.s)

CLASS : B.Tech. SEMESTER : VIIIth

BRANCH : CIVIL SESSION : S-2022
TIME : 1:00 HR (11:00 to 12:00) MAX MARKS : 25
DATE : 05/03/2022 Day : Saturday

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE

1) Assume suitable data wherever necessary.

2) Illustrate your answers wherever necessary with the help of neat sketches.
3) Use of standard graphs is allowed provided nothing is handwritten/typed on the same paper
while using.

Q Mar
No. ks
Q1. a. What is mean by furrow irrigation and sprinkler irrigation? Which one preferred in 3
India and why?
b. Explain Bligh’s creep theory and lanes theory and its difference. 3
c. Explain with Examples the meaning of cash crops? 3

Q2. a. Write a note on flood control reservoir and a multi-purpose reservoir? 3

b. What do you understand by the elementary profile of the gravity dam? Derive the 3
expression for determining the base width of such a dam based on (i) Stress criteria, (ii)
Sliding criteria.
c. What is mass curve? Explain in detail its significance? 3
d. Discuss the geological and topographical features which affect the selection of the type of 2
dam.
Q3. a. For a dam with base 58 m, downstream slope 2:3, upstream face vertical, RL of heel is 5
105m, RL of MWL is 186m, RL of tail water 112m, consider top width of dam as 7m and
drainage gallery at 8 m from heel, Calculate the maximum vertical stresses at the heel and
toe of the dam and major principal stress at the toe of the dam. Also, intensity of shear
stress on a horizontal plane near the toe.