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About this book
The book entitled "A Reference Manual of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering" has been written in point of view of degree and diploma students of agriculture and agricultural engineering, studying in different agricultural universities and institutions of the country in according of syllabus. It is also very useful to the student of agriculture competitive examination for entrance as well as commission examination. The book is deal with five part (i) Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, (ii) Ground Water Development and Tubwells, (iii) Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, (iv) Important Terminology of Irrigation, Drainage, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering and (v) Tutorials. The reader may be able to understand the subject without any difficulty. In preparing the manuscript, the author has been taken great care to treat each and every topics with concern the many agriculture and agricultural engineering related books, manual and terminology for maximum clearity. Also all the chapters of book have been thoroughly read and given recent topics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Preface
- Part I: Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
- 1. Study of Canal Network System
- 2. Measurement of Irrigation Water
- 3. Construction of Earthen Channel
- 4. Study of Water Conveyance and Distribution System
- 5. Evaluation of Border Method of Irrigation
- 6. Evaluation of a Sprinkler Irrigation System
- 7. Evaluation of a Drip Irrigation System
- Part II: Ground Water Development and Tubwells
- 1. Study of Darcy’s Law in Laboratory
- 2. Positive Displacement Pumps
- 3. Installation, Operation and Maintenance of Horizontal Centrifugal and Positive Displacement Pumps
- 4. Study of Various Types of Well Strainers for Tubewells
- 5. Manual Drilling of a Tubewell and Preparation of its Well Log
- 6. Study of Direct Rotary Well Drilling Method
- 7. Analysis of Aquifer Material and Design of Gravel Pack
- 8. Study of Draw Down and Recuperation Rate of Ground Water during Pumping
- 9. Determination of Specific Yield and Specific Retention in the Laboratory
- 10. Well Development by Air Compressor
- 11. Testing of Irrigation Water Quality
- 12. Determination of Coefficient of Storage and Transmissibility
- Part III: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
- 1. Soil Moisture Measurement by Gravimetric Method
- 2. Determination of Bulk Density of Soil by Cylinder Method
- 3. Study of Bulk Density of Soil by Sand Cone Method
- 4. Study of Infiltration Characteristics by Double Cylinder Method
- 5. Study of Infiltration Characteristics by Single Cylinder Methods
- 6. Study of Coefficient of Permeability of Soil by Constant Head Method
- 7. Study of Coefficient of Permeability by Variable Head Method
- Part IV: Important Terminology of Irrigation, Drainage, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
- Part V: Tutorials