Subjects › Water Resources
Dams and Hydraulic Structures
Dams, spillways, barrages, canals and their cross-drainage works.
Topics by level
Basics
School, diploma and first-year level: the ideas in plain words.
- Types of dams
- Parts of a dam planned
Intermediate
Degree and exam core (GATE, ESE level).
- Gravity dam forces planned
- Earth dam seepage planned
- Spillways, energy dissipators and gates planned
- Barrages and weirs planned
- Canals and cross-drainage works planned
Advanced and Design
Professional design practice.
Research
Frontier topics for researchers and postgraduates.
- Dam ageing and rehabilitation planned
Videos
Codes and standards
| Country | Designation | Scope (our words) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | IS 4880 (series) | Design of tunnels conveying water. | current |
| India | IS 6512 | Criteria for design of solid gravity dams. | current |
| India | IS 7784 (series) | Design of cross-drainage works such as aqueducts and syphons. | current |
Listed in a fixed country order; no standard is ranked above another. Scopes are our summaries. Buy the standards from the issuing body for exact text.
References and further reading
Standard texts, listed in no order of merit. We do not copy text, figures, tables or solved problems from any book; our explanations and examples are original.
- P. Novak, A. I. B. Moffat, C. Nalluri, R. Narayanan, Hydraulic Structures, CRC Press, latest edition.
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Design of Small Dams, USBR (official publication), 3rd edition, 1987.
- S. K. Garg, Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulic Structures, Khanna Publishers, latest edition.