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Agricultural Engineering
(1) Soil and Water Conservation:
Definition and scope of soil conservation; Mechanics and types of erosion,
their causes; Hydrologic cycle, rainfall and runoff-factors affecting them
and their measurements, stream gauging-Evaluation of runoff from rainfall.
Erosion control measures-Biological and Engineering.
Basic open channel hydraulics, Design of soil conservation, structures-terraces,
bunds, outlets and grassed waterways. Principles of flood control. Flood routing.
Design of farm ponds and earth dams. Stream bank erosion and its control.
Wind erosion and its control. Principles of watershed management.
Investigation and Planning in River Valley Projects.
(2) Irrigation and Drainage:
Soil-water-plant relationships. Sources and types of irrigation. Planning
and design of minor, irrigation projects. Techniques of measuring soil moisture.
Duty of water-consumptive use. Water requirements of crops. Measurements
and cost of irrigation water. Measuring devices-flow through orifices, weirs
and flumes. Leveling and layout of irrigation systems. Design and construction
of canals, field channels, pipelines, head-gates, diversion boxes structures
and road crossing. Occurrence of ground water. Hydraulics of wells. Types
of wells, their construction, drilling methods. Well development. Testing
of wells.
Drainage-Definition-causes of water logging. Methods of drainage. Drainage
of irrigated lands. Design of surface and sub-surface systems.
(3) Building Materials:
Kinds of building materials-their properties, Timber, brickwork and R.C. construction,
design of columns, beams, roof trusses, joints. Layout of a farm stead. Design
of farm houses, animal shelters and storage structures. Rural water supply
and sanitation.
(4) Farm power and Machinery:
Construction of different types of internal combustion engines. ignition,
fuel lubricating, cooling and governing systems of IC engines. Different types
of tractors. Chassis transmission and steering. Farm machinery for primary
and secondary tillage, seeding machinery, interculture tools and machinery.
Plant protection equipment. Harvesting and threshing equipment. Machinery
for land development. Pumps and pumping machinery.
(5) Electricity and rural Electrification:
Power generation and transmission. Distribution of electricity for rural electrification:
A.C. and D.C. circuits.
Uses of electric energy on the farm. Electric motors used in agriculture-types,
selection, installation and maintenance.
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