Civil Engineering :: Irrigation Engineering
- Groynes are generally built
- The rainfall on five successive days were measured as 100 mm, 80 mm, 60 mm, 40 mm and 20 mm respectively. If the infiltration index or the storm loss rate for the catchment area is earlier estimated as 50 mm/day, the total surface run off will be
- When a canal and a drainage approach each other at the same level, the structure so provided, is
- According to G.W. Pickles the effect of confining the flood water of a river between levee, is to increase
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Study the following statements.
i) Levees are constructed parallel to river flow,
ii) Spurs are constructed parallel to river flow,
iii) Levees are constructed transverse to river flow,
iv) Spurs are constructed transverse to river flow.
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Instantaneous unit hydrograph is a hydrograph of
i) unit duration
ii) unit rainfall excess
iii) infinitely small duration
iv) infinitely small rainfall excess
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To estimate the magnitude of a flood with a return period of T years, Gumbel’s distribution method requires the following data pertaining to annual flood series
i) mean value
ii) standard deviation
iii) length of record
iv) coefficient of skew
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Presence of tail water in a gravity dam
i) increases the principal stress
ii) decreases the principal stress
iii) increases the shear stress
iv) decreases the shear stress
The correct answer is - A current meter is used to measure the