AKTU Advanced Soil and Water Conservation Engineering (HTSW401) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Honors Degree in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
Advanced Soil and Water Conservation Engineering HTSW401
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Syllabus — Advanced Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
Download PDFHTSW401 · 3 credits · L-T-P 2-1-0
| Pre-requisites (if any) | Basic knowledge of SWC and Remote Sensing & GIS. |
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
| CO 1 | Proficiently apply probability concepts, utilize continuous frequency distribution analyses, and employ empirical distribution fitting techniques to design robust SWC structures, ensuring resilience against diverse environmental conditions. | K3 |
| CO 2 | Understand the vital role of soil and water conservation in agriculture and river valley projects, demonstrate proficiency in planning and layout of conservation measures, and adeptly employ relevant software for the design of conservation structures. | K2 & K3 |
| CO 3 | Understand assess and mitigate productivity loss from soil erosion, understand water stress and excess, grasp types and mechanics of soil erosion, and be able analyze morphometric properties and evaluate erosivity index and be able to proficiently use software like WEAP and EPIC for soil loss estimation. | K2, K4 & K5 |
| CO 4 | Understand the sediment transport theories, effectively control runoff and sediment loss, comprehend sediment deposition processes, and skillfully estimate sediment loads. | K2 |
| CO 5 | Understand the design of diverse SWC structures such as check dams, gully plugs, gabion structures, earth dams, silt detention dams, farm ponds, and utilizing stored water for agriculture, coupled with expertise in applying Remote Sensing and GIS techniques in Soil and Water Conservation. | K2 & K3 |
K1- Remember, K2- Understand, K3- Apply, K4- Analyze, K5-Evaulate, K6- Create Concept of probability in design of soil and water conservation structures. Probability and continuous frequency distribution. Fitting empirical distributions.
Relevance of soil and water conservation in agriculture and in the river valley projects. Layout and planning of soil and water conservation measures. Software’s for design of conservation structures.
Productivity loss due to soil erosion. Water stress and water excess. Types and mechanics of soil erosion.
Assessment of erosive status of a watershed through field measurement or analysis of morphometric properties.
Estimation of erosivity index of rainfall. Software’s for soil loss estimation, WEAP, EPIC Theories of sediment transport. Control of runoff and sediment loss. Sediment deposition process. Estimation of sediment load.
Design of soil and water conservation structures: Check dams, gully plugs, gabion structures, earth dams, silt detention dams, farm ponds, etc., and the alternate use of the stored water for agriculture. Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Soil and Water Conservation.
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