Irrigation is an essential limiting factor for the production of food grains and other agricultural products necessary to sustain the life as well as to overcome the deficiencies in rainfall for stabilizing the agricultural ...

Hydraulic structures such as weirs and barrages on pervious foundation are generally designed on the basis of Khosla's theory considering 2-D sub surface flow below the structures. The correct approach in the estimation ...

Rice. (Oryza sativa L.) is the. second most important crop of the world. More than 90% of world rice production is from Asia. India has world s largest growing area with about 43 million ha. In terms of importance of food ...

The proper selection of equipment for a project is of vital importance for economic execution of the project. Use of mechanical equipment offers many advantages, especially when the nature of work is difficult for human ...

The exit gradient theory up to 19th century that used for designing various irrigartion structures was empirical method based on experience and intuition. Some of the structures failed because of subsurface flow. The ...

Pumping stations are one of the maj or components of water supply systems. A pumping station consists of one or more pumping units supported by appropriate components such as electrical, piping, control, and structural. The ...

Batutegi dam is an earthen dam. The dam is located on Way Sekampung River in Lampung Province, which is the southern most province of the Sumatra Island, the western most large island of Indonesia Archipelago. The simulation ...

Due to increasing demands of water day by day either for agriculture or for an industry it is imperative to conserve water by reducing loss of water during transmission from source to place of utility. It has been observed ...

It is a fact that no country can abstain from the present worldwide pressure of "Power Sector Reform". Even International Financers (World bank\IMF\ADB) and Donors are now putting the sector reform as a pre-condition to ...

The dissertation work entitled "Effect of organic manuring on Growth, Development and yield of Hybrid Rice" was undertaken during Kharif cropping season of 2003 at demonstration farm of WRDTC, IIT, and Roorkee. The experiment ...