scholarly journals Estimation and Canal Conveyance Losses in Pune District

Author(s):  
Rishianand Choudhary

Water is a very precious natural resource. When this precious resource moves through the canals certain part of the water is lost by seepage, evaporation etc. This loss is known as conveyance loss. In present paper, study of Nira Left Bank Canal (NLBC) is done which is situated in Pune district. Total length of canal is 162 Km out of which 30 Km is our study area. Discharge calculations at the head of canal and at 30th Km is done, two standing wave flumes are present at these two locations. Since last few decades, the extensive underutilization has been found in canal irrigation. This issue constitutes the serious lacuna in irrigational planning which often depicts the major problem about optimal water use. As per FAO Aquastat 2015 records for India, out of 91% of water utilized for agriculture purpose, 45% is getting lost under different types of conveyance losses from dam headworks till farms. The conveyance losses constitute the seepage and evaporation losses. Out of these, seepage is a quite significant loss in most of the water conveyance systems. Estimating conveyance losses using physical methods is quite difficult and involves lots of field work and calculations, whereas empirical and analytical methods will not accommodate site condition of respective study area. This study attempted to assess the conveyance loss of Nira Left Bank Bank Main canal with the help of a hydraulic model built on a spatial platform and verified with flow-monitoring events. The hydrospatial model was simulated to understand the canal behaviour and evaluate the conveyance losses. The results show Nira Left Bank Main canal has average 39.96% water conveyance loss.

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
A. A. Kulkarni ◽  
R. Nagarajan

Since last few decades, the extensive underutilization has been found in canal irrigation. This issue constitutes the serious lacuna in irrigational planning which often depicts the major problem about optimal water use. As per FAO Aquastat 2015 records for India, out of 91% of water utilized for agriculture purpose, 45% is getting lost under different types of conveyance losses from dam headworks till farms. The conveyance losses constitute the seepage and evaporation losses. Out of these, seepage is a quite significant loss in most of the water conveyance systems. Estimating conveyance losses using physical methods is quite difficult and involves lots of field work and calculations, whereas empirical and analytical methods will not accommodate site condition of respective study area. This study attempted to assess the conveyance loss of Dudhganga Right Bank Main canal with the help of a hydraulic model built on a spatial platform and verified with flow-monitoring events. The hydrospatial model was simulated to understand the canal behaviour and evaluate the conveyance losses. The results show Dudhganga Right Bank Main canal has average 39.96% water conveyance loss.


2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-165
Author(s):  
Kumar Timalsina ◽  
Kabi Raj Paudyal

The Lesser Himalaya is a fold-thrust belt in the Himalaya. In the Nepal Himalaya, several active faults, among which the Badi Gad Fault is one of them, are identified and mapped by many researchers in the past, However, very less study has been carried out on the existence of this fault and its extension. In the present study, an attempt was made to assess the fault and to map its extension in the region based on the geological as well as geomorphological criteria. For this purpose, a detailed geological map was prepared from Ridi to the Shantipur area in 1:25,000 scales. During the field work, several geological as well as geomorphic evidences of the existence of active fault were found, and some of them are also found under the aerial photo observation. These evidences include the presence of shear zones, clustering of large and several landslides along a confined linear zone, river course diversion, terrace tilting, fault scarps etc. In the present work, the Badi Gad Fault is traced out continuously from the Ridi to the Shantipur area and even extended far to the NW direction under aerial photo. The fault follows the moderate hills of the left bank of the present course of the Badi Gad River. Major shear zones found in the region are the Tal Khola, Aslewa, Eksingaun, Juhan, Gultung, and the Rupakot shear zones. These shear zones are represented by the wide zone of fault gauge, fault breccias, silickensides, striations and large landslides. Besides, other geomorphic evidences traced out are location of spring lines, tilted river terraces in Pul Camp and Wamitaksar area, river course diversion of the Lumdi Khola and fault scarp at Bhanjyangaun of Aslewa. Such types of fault-controlled geomorphic features are also found from the Rudrabeni-Wamitaksar areas under the aerial photos. Based on the fault controlled geomorphological study in the field and aerial photos interpretation, an attempt was made to map the Badi Gad Fault, an active strike slip fault in the region.


10.29007/76g3 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahul Patel ◽  
S. M. Yadav ◽  
Sahita Waikhom

This Paper presents estimation of suspended sediment concentration in lined canal. The suspended sediment concentration measurement is been carried out for different discharges including minimum and maximum discharges at one section of Kakrapar Left Bank Main Canal. The bridge method has been used for the collection of suspended sediment water sample. For this purpose, a section selected at Tarsada Highway Bridge which is across the main canal. The total numbers of four; in-site observations were made; many samples of water sediment mixture were taken from the canal section during each observation, these samples were filtered through filter paper and the average suspended sediment concentration recorded. The suspended sediment transport rate was calculated from the observed sediment concentration. The suspended sediment water samples were collected using Punjab bottle sampler. Also for each observation, the water velocity was measured laterally at different point on cross- section by using current meter and the average velocity was computed. The graphs of suspended sediment concentration for different discharges were plotted.


2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 1530-1533
Author(s):  
Yi Fan Wang ◽  
Yong Xiang Zhang ◽  
Xiao Hu ◽  
Wei Chun Gao

Due to the geological, hydrogeological feature along the main canal and construction characteristics of the inner drainage section engineering in the south-to-north water transfer project, pollutants might enter into the main canal with the groundwater, which may cause the main canal water quality risk. This study confirmed the rationality of the sensor research and guarantees the stability and accuracy of the groundwater detection based on the contrast of accuracy on the index of and comparison between groundwater sensor inspection and lab analysis data. For demonstration field monitoring at the same time, the running data was stable. Setting up demonstration project lays a solid foundation for building the key technology that is suitable for the water conveyance project of major water pollution control and water quality security system.


1988 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 107-110
Author(s):  
A. Burgess ◽  
H.E. Mason ◽  
J.A. Tully

AbstractA new way of critically assessing and compacting data for electron impact excitation of positive ions is proposed. This method allows one (i) to detect possible printing and computational errors in the published tables, (ii) to interpolate and extrapolate the existing data as a function of energy or temperature, and (iii) to simplify considerably the storage and transfer of data without significant loss of information. Theoretical or experimental collision strengths Ω(E) are scaled and then plotted as functions of the colliding electron energy, the entire range of which is conveniently mapped onto the interval (0,1). For a given transition the scaled Ω can be accurately represented - usually to within a fraction of a percent - by a 5 point least squares spline. Further details are given in (2). Similar techniques enable thermally averaged collision strengths upsilon (T) to be obtained at arbitrary temperatures in the interval 0 < T < ∞. Application of the method is possible by means of an interactive program with graphical display (2). To illustrate this practical procedure we use the program to treat Ω for the optically allowed transition 2s → 2p in ArXVI.


Author(s):  
K. Cowden ◽  
B. Giammara ◽  
T. Devine ◽  
J. Hanker

Plaster of Paris (calcium sulfate hemihydrate, CaSO4. ½ H2O) has been used as a biomedical implant material since 1892. One of the primary limiting factors of these implants is their mechanical properties. These materials have low compressive and tensile strengths when compared to normal bone. These are important limiting factors where large biomechanical forces exist. Previous work has suggested that sterilization techniques could affect the implant’s strength. A study of plaster of Paris implant mechanical and physical properties to find optimum sterilization techniques therefore, could lead to a significant increase in their application and promise for future use as hard tissue prosthetic materials.USG Medical Grade Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate Types A, A-1 and B, were sterilized by dry heat and by gamma radiation. Types A and B were additionally sterilized with and without the setting agent potassium sulfate (K2SO4). The plaster mixtures were then moistened with a minimum amount of water and formed into disks (.339 in. diameter x .053 in. deep) in polyethylene molds with a microspatula. After drying, the disks were fractured with a Stokes Hardness Tester. The compressive strengths of the disks were obtained directly from the hardness tester. Values for the maximum tensile strengths σo were then calculated: where (P = applied compression, D = disk diameter, and t = disk thickness). Plaster disks (types A and B) that contained no setting agent showed a significant loss in strength with either dry heat or gamma radiation sterilization. Those that contained potassium sulfate (K2SO4) did not show a significant loss in strength with either sterilization technique. In all comparisons (with and without K2SO4 and with either dry heat or gamma radiation sterilization) the type B plaster had higher compressive and tensile strengths than that of the type A plaster. The type A-1 plaster however, which is specially modified for accelerated setting, was comparable to that of type B with K2SO4 in both compressive and tensile strength (Table 1).


GeroPsych ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna L. Seidler ◽  
Julia K. Wolff

Abstract. Background: Previous studies point to a potential relationship between self-perceptions of aging (SPA) and cognitive performance. However, most of these studies are limited by their experimental design. Previous longitudinal studies looked solely at memory as an outcome variable without examining the directionality of effects. The present study examines the direction of effects between two domains of SPA (personal growth and physical losses) and processing speed (PS). Methods: The sample consists of 8,198 participants of the German Ageing Survey (DEAS), aged between 40 and 93 years. A cross-lagged path model was estimated to examine directions of relationships across 3 years via chi-squared difference tests for each domain of SPA. Results: In the unconstrained models, the effect of SPA domain personal growth in 2008 on PS in 2011 and vice versa were marginally significant. For SPA domain physical losses, the effect of SPA on PS was significant, whereas the other direction of the effect did not reach significance. However, the cross-lagged paths of both domains of SPA on PS and vice versa could be set equal without a significant loss of model fit. The resulting associations indicate a significant bidirectional relationship between both domains of SPA and PS. Discussion and conclusion: This study provides initial evidence that SPA can influence trajectories of cognitive decline and vice versa. The results emphasize the detrimental and beneficial effects that stereotypes can have on individuals and add further evidence to the theory of stereotype embodiment.


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