This document provides information and questions related to a tutorial on irrigation engineering. It includes sample calculations for determining net and gross irrigation depth, irrigation interval, readily available water, uniformity coefficient, and system capacity. Questions cover topics such as calculating water needs based on soil properties, determining irrigation intervals, and performing irrigation system design calculations.
This document provides information and questions related to a tutorial on irrigation engineering. It includes sample calculations for determining net and gross irrigation depth, irrigation interval, readily available water, uniformity coefficient, and system capacity. Questions cover topics such as calculating water needs based on soil properties, determining irrigation intervals, and performing irrigation system design calculations.
This document provides information and questions related to a tutorial on irrigation engineering. It includes sample calculations for determining net and gross irrigation depth, irrigation interval, readily available water, uniformity coefficient, and system capacity. Questions cover topics such as calculating water needs based on soil properties, determining irrigation intervals, and performing irrigation system design calculations.
This document provides information and questions related to a tutorial on irrigation engineering. It includes sample calculations for determining net and gross irrigation depth, irrigation interval, readily available water, uniformity coefficient, and system capacity. Questions cover topics such as calculating water needs based on soil properties, determining irrigation intervals, and performing irrigation system design calculations.
Faculty : Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Unit Code : UEMX4533
Engineering and Science Course : Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Unit Title : Water Resources System Civil Engineering Year/ : 2017/Jan Lecturer/Tutor : Ir. Dr. Charlene Koo Chai Semester Hoon Session : 2016/2017
Tutorial 2 Irrigation Engineering
1. The Moisture Content at Field Capacity of a Sandy Soil is 20% by weight while that at Permanent Wilting Point is 10% by weight. Root Zone Depth is 0.5 m and the bulk density of soil is 1.8 g/cm3. Calculate the Net and Gross Depth of Irrigation Required if the Irrigation Water-application Efficiency is 0.9. Determine the Shortest Irrigation Interval if the Peak ET is 9 mm/day. (Ans: 45 mm, 50 mm, 500 m3/ha, 5 days)
2. The following data pertains to healthy growth of crop.
Field capacity = 30% Permanent wilting percentage = 11% Density of soil = 1.3 g/cm3 Root zone depth = 700 mm Daily consumptive use of water for given crop = 12 mm
Determine the irrigation interval in days. (Ans: 86.45 mm, 7.2 days)
3. A 18-hectare field is to be irrigated with a sprinkler system. The root zone depth is 0.8 m and the field capacity of the soil is 23% while the permanent wilting point is 14% by weight. The soil bulk density is 1.5 g/cm3 and the water-application efficiency is 70%. The soil is to be irrigated when 50% of the available water has depleted. The peak evapotranspiration is 6.0 mm/day and the system is to be run for 10 hours in a day for an irrigation period of 9 days. Determine: (i) Readily Available Water (RAW) or net irrigation depth (ii) Gross depth (iii) Irrigation interval (iv) Area to be irrigated per day (v) The system capacity
(Ans: 54 mm, 77.1 mm, 9 days, 2 ha/day, 43 L/s)
4. The root zone of a certain soil has a field capacity of 30% and permanent wilting percentage is 10%. How much water is available if the root zone depth is 1.2 m. The bulk density is 1.4 g/cm3. (Ans: 336 mm)
1 5. If a stream of 0.085 m3/s is delivered to the field for 2 hours, runoff averaged 0.0475 m3/s for one hour and the depth of penetration of water measured at certain points in the field is 1.68, 1.53, 1.45, 1.25 and 1.07 m at the lower end. If the root zone depth of the crop is 1.68 m, determine (a) water application efficiency (b) uniformity coefficient
(Ans: 72.06%, 86.6%)
6. Soil samples were taken from different depths in a wheat field. Based on the analysis of the samples, moisture contents before irrigation and at field capacity and apparent specific gravity of the soil at different depths are given in the following Table. Determine the depth of irrigation to be applied to the field. (Ans: 7.8 cm)
Root Zone Moisture Content Moisture Content Apparent Sp.
Level (cm) before Irrigation (%) at Field Capacity Gravity (%) 0-30 8.2 15.2 1.7 30-60 10.5 15.8 1.62 60-90 12.4 16.2 1.45
7. Determine the system capacity for a sprinkler irrigation system to irrigate 16 ha of maize crop. Design moisture use rate is 5 mm/day. Moisture replaced in soil at each irrigation is 6 cm. Irrigation efficiency is 70%. Irrigation period is 10 days in a 12-day interval. The system is to be operated for 20 hours per day. (Ans: 19.05 L/s)
8. A Uniformity Check is taken by probing many stations down the border. Compute the Uniformity Coefficient, Cu if the depths of penetration (cm) recorded in the following table: (Ans: 94.4%)
