The deregulation of electricity markets began in the early nineties when the UK Government privatized the electricity supply industry in England and Wales. This process has been subsequently followed in many other countries. ...

Problems associated with soil erosion, movement and deposition of sediment in watershed and catchment persist through the geologic ages in almost all parts of the earth. The situation is more aggravated in recent times ...

Watershed is made-up of components like soil, water and vegetative cover including trees, crops, grasses and legumes. The integrated development of a watershed incorporates harnessing of these vital resources of nature. ...

Analysis of seepage problems is not only required to quantify the seepage but also to understand the phenomenon such as water-logging, distribution of seepage forces and failures due to uplift pressures. In irrigated areas, ...

A study of crop husbandry in Lakhaoti Command was undertaken during Kharif season 1991 with the principal objectives. - To record crop husbandry practices under different irrigation sources in the command. - To conduct ...

The stability of a hydraulic structure. founded on p, meable soil haste be ensured against uplift pressures and piping. The problem of seepage under such structures belongs to a general class of confined flow problems . ...

Inspite of extensive research performed in the field of rock engineering, innovation in design has not proceeded as rapidly as in other engineering fields. It is interesting to note that rock bolts and shotcrete represented ...

Rainfall-runoff-sediment yield modelling being highly complex, dynamic, and non-linear, exhibits temporal and spatial variability and comprises several physical processes. Varying in complexity from lumped empirical to ...

Urbanization refers to the migration of the people from rural areas to cities due to many reasons, most common being better quality of life and safety, diversity in socio-cultural life, better facilities of education and ...

Furrow irrigation is a conventional method of irrigation used in tropical region in India to grow vegetable crops. Many researchers have reported that the furrow irrigation has lower application efficiency in comparison ...