Soil Conservation in Mountain Watersheds

Physical characteristics of water. Fundamental quantities involved in hydraulics and their units. Elements of hydrostatics. Instruments for pressure measurement. Calculation of thrusts on the walls reservoir or on channel banks. Fundamentals of water flow. Elements of kinematics. Bernoulli's theorem. Equation of uniform flow. Uniform flow of water in pipes. Pumps and pump power calculation for pipe flow system. Free-surface flow. Design and verification criteria of open channels with non-uniform section characteristics. Uniform flow in the open channels. Design and verification criteria. Flow through an orifice. Flow metering devices in open channels.