AKTU Flow Through Porous Media (HTSW801) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Honors Degree in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
Flow Through Porous Media HTSW801
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Syllabus — Flow Through Porous Media
Download PDFHTSW801 · 4 credits · L-T-P 3-1-0
| Pre-requisites (if any) | Basic knowledge of fluid mechanics and ground water well & pump. |
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
| CO 1 | Understand aquifer properties, soil water forces, hydrodynamics in porous media, and limitations in governing laws related to groundwater. | K2 |
| CO 2 | Understand saturated flow differential equations, formulate initial/boundary conditions, and apply Dupuit and Theis approximations and linearization techniques. | K2 & K3 |
| CO 3 | Remember stream functions, potential functions, and flow net theory, and analyze seepage from canals and ditches for effective engineering solutions. | K1 & K4 |
| CO 4 | Grasp unsaturated flow theory; understand dynamics of infiltration, capillary rise flux, and movement of groundwater in fractured, swelling porous media. | K2 |
| CO 5 | Understand hydrodynamic dispersion in soil-aquifer systems, analyze velocity hydrographs, understand flow characteristics at singular points, and apply drainage methods for slope stability. | K2, K3 & K4 |
K1- Remember, K2- Understand, K3- Apply, K4- Analyze, K5-Evaulate, K6- Create Aquifer and fluid properties, forces holding water in soils, hydrodynamics in porous media and limitations of governing laws.
Differential equations of saturated flow, initial and boundary conditions. Dupuit and Business approximations and linearization techniques.
Stream functions, potential functions and flow net theory. Analysis of seepage from canals and ditches.
Unsaturated flow theory, Infiltration and capillary rise flux dynamics. Movement of groundwater in fractured and swelling porous media.
Hydro-dynamic dispersion in soil-aquifer system. Velocity hydrograph, flow characteristics at singular points, examples of velocity hydrograph, solution by complex velocity, solution of triangular dam, drainage in retaining structures, influence of seepage on stability of slopes, drainage methods for stability of slopes.
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- Helmut K Soil Physics. pp. 7-79.
- Verruijt A. 1982. Theory of Groundwater Flow. 2nd Edn., Macmillan, London
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