JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives

To learn various Hydrological concepts applied in the context of different flow

conditions.

Course Outcomes:

• Conceptual outlook on hydrological cycle and circulation of water in the environment.
• Mathematical outlook on surface and subsurface flow regimes.

UNIT - I

Uniform and Non-uniform flow in sewers and channels, gradually and rapidly varied flow in channels,

UNIT - II

Hydrologic Cycle and its interaction with human activity, systems concepts, hydrologic model classification.

UNIT - III

Hydrologic Processes, Reynolds Transport theorem, Continuity equation, discrete time continuity momentum equations, energy balance, Transport processes, Porous medium flow, open channel flows.

UNIT - IV

Atmospheric and Subsurface water, atmospheric circulation, water vapour, Precipitation, Evaporation, Infiltration, Unsaturated flow.

UNIT - V

Surface water - Stream flow hydrograph, excess rainfall and Direct runoff, abstractions using infiltration equations.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Chow,. V.T. (1979) “Open Channel Hydraulics”, McGraw Hill Inc. New York.
• 2. Chaudhry M.H. (1994), “Open-Channel Flow”, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
• 3. Chow, V.T., Maidment, D.R. and Mays, L.W., “Applied Hydrology”, McGraw Hill Inc., 1988.
• 4. Singh, V.P., “Hydrologic Systems”, Prentice Hall Inc., 1986.
• 5. Viessman, W., Lewis, G.L. and Knapp, J.W., “Introduction to Hydrology”, Harper & Row Publications Inc., Singapore, 1989.
• 6. Raudkivi, A.J., “Hydrology”, Pergamon Press, 1979.