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AKTU Ground Water Engineering (HTWR701) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Honors Degree in Water Resource Engineering
Ground Water Engineering HTWR701
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Official AKTU syllabus of Ground Water Engineering (HTWR701) for B.Tech Honors Degree in Water Resource Engineering – 4 credits, L-T-P 3-1-0. Read the unit-wise course content, course outcomes, evaluation pattern and recommended books online, or download the PDF.
Syllabus — Ground Water Engineering
Download PDFHTWR701 · 4 credits · L-T-P 3-1-0
CO1. Understand role of ground water in hydrological cycle and analyze flow and storage characteristics of aquifers.
CO2. Analyze and apply Governing equations for ground water flow.
CO3. Analyze Wells and Well hydraulics.
CO4. Apply Ground water conservation.
CO5. Analyze ground water flow modeling.
| Unit-1 | Introduction: Definition of groundwater, role of groundwater in hydrological cycle, groundwater bearing formations, classification of aquifers, flow and storage characteristics of aquifers, Darcy’s law, anisotropy and heterogeneity. | 8 |
| Unit-2 | Governing equations for groundwater flow: Dupuit-Forchheimer assumptions, general differential equations governing groundwater flows, analytical solutions. | 8 |
| Unit-3 | Wells and well hydraulics: Different types of wells, construction of wells, steady and unsteady state solutions for confined, unconfined and leaky aquifers, effect of boundaries, method of images, pumping test analysis. | 8 |
| Unit-4 | Groundwater conservation: Regional groundwater budget; resource assessment; estimation of recharge, Indian practice, artificial recharge Groundwater Quality: General problem of contamination of groundwater, sources, remedial and preventive measures, seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers. | 8 |
| Unit-5 | Ground water flow modelling: Role of groundwater flow models, reference to hydraulic, Hele-Shaw and analog models, introduction to numerical modeling. Planning of Groundwater Development: constraints on the development, role of flow models, optimal groundwater development. | 8 |
Text Books
- Bear, J., "Hydraulics of Ground Water", McGraw.
- Walton, W.C., "Ground Water Resources Evaluation", McGraw Hill.
- Freeze and Cherry, "Ground Water", Prentice Hall.
- Driscoll, F.G., "Ground Water and Wells", Johnson Division.
- Raghunath, H. M., "Ground Water", New Age International (P) Limited.
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