IRRIGATION PRACTICE AND ENGINEERING VOL II: CONVEYANCE OF WATER
- New York : Mc Graw - Hill Book Company Inc., 1915
- 364 pages : illustrations
Chapter 1. General features and preliminary investigations to determine the general feasibility of an irrigation project 1.1 General features of an irrigation system 1.2 Elements and parts of a gravity irrigation project 1.3 Character of irrigation systems 1.4 Preliminary investigations to determine feasibility of project 1.5 The land and crops 1.6 Water supply 1.7 General physical features and character of the irrigation systems 1.8 Cost of the system 1.9 Miscellaneous considerations Chapter 2. Procedure in the planning and location of an irrigation system 2.1 Preliminary investigations to determine feasibility of system 2.2 Alignment and location of diversion line and head-works 2.3 Reconnaissance survey and trial line surveys 2.4 Preliminary survey 2.5 Paper location and field location survey 2.6 Location of distribution system 2.7 Topographic survey 2.8 Miscellaneous considerations 2.9 Curvature 2.10 Profile of canal lines and grade lines 2.11 Cost of surveys 2.12 Right -of -way for canals Chapter 3. Hydraulics formulas specially applicable to computations of irrigation canals and structures 3.1 Flow of water in canals and open conduits 3.2 Principles and formulas for steady uniform flow 3.3 Values of coefficient of roughness "n" for canals in earth and in rock 3.4 Values of the coefficient of roughness "n" for concrete-lined canals and concrete flumes 3.5 Values of the coefficient of roughness "n" for retaining wall canal cross-sections in rock 3.6 Values of the coefficient of roughness "n" for wooden flumes 3.7 Values of the coefficient of roughness "n" for semicircular sheet steel flumes 3.8 Values of the coefficient of roughness "n" for pipes 3.9 Values of "n" for concrete pipe 3.10 Values of "n" for riveted steel and cast-iron pipes 3.11 Effect of curvature on the coefficient of roughness "n" 3.12 Accuracy of results obtained by Chezy-Kutter's formula 3.13 Diagram for solution of Chezy-Kutter's formula 3.14 Desirable maximum and minimum velocities in canals 3.15 Velocities required to prevent the growth of aquatic plants and moss 3A. Formulas for the flow of water in pipes 3A.1 Losses of head in pipes 3A.2 The most common problems of hydraulic pipeline computations 3B. Flow of water through large orifices, tubes, and gates 3B.1 Standard orifices 3B.2 Standard short tubes and short pipes 3B.3 Rectangular gate openings, free discharge, contracted flow 3B.4 Gate openings with submerged discharge, suppressed side, and bottom contraction 3B.5 Large gate openings with submerged discharge, suppressed bottom and side contractions 3B.6 Large tubes, submerged discharge, with and without contraction Chapter 4. Silt problems in the design of irrigation systems 4.1 Fertility of silt 4 systems 4.1 Fertility of silt 4.2 Amount of silt in irrigation waters; methods of determination and variations due to the condition of silt 4.3 Silt contents of river waters used for irrigation 4.4 Distribution of silt at different depths in a stream 4.5 Coarse sediment transported or rolled along the bottom of canals and rivers 4.6 Silt carried by irrigation waters in India 4.7 Theory regarding silt-carrying capacity of a channel 4.8 Prevention of silt deposits in canals Chapter 5. Conveyance losses in canals 5.1 Nature of conveyance losses 5.2 Factors influencing seepage losses in canals 5.3 Extent of conveyance losses in canals 5.4 Extent of conveyance losses for entire system 5.5 Extent of conveyance loss measured in cubic feet per square foot of wetted surface, in 24 hours 5.6 Rates of conveyance loss for the design of canals 5.7 Extent of conveyance losses expresses in per cent of flow per mile 5.8 Extent of evaporation loss in the conveyance of water in canals Chapter 6. The design of canal cross sections 6.1 General considerations 6.2 Proportion of bed width to depth 6.3 Canal cross section having most advantageous hydraulic elements 6.4 Canal cross section for minimum seepage loss 6.5 Safety against breaks 6.6 Location of canal and purpose for which it is used 6.7 Form of construction, lined or not lined 6.8 Unit cost of excavation and methods of excavation 6.9 Limitations in the selection of the form of cross section because of grade and velocity and of the necessity for the prevention of silt deposits 6.10 Empirical rules for proportion of bed width to depth 6.11 Selection of side slopes for the water cross section and for the outside of the banks 6.12 Berms and spoil banks 6.13 Selection of height of top of bank above full water supply or free -board 6.14 Top width of the crown of the bank 6A. Selection of depth of cut and special cases of earth-work computation 6A.1 Canals in level ground 6A.2 Economic depth of cut in level ground for a balanced cut-and-fill cross section 6A.3 Canals in side hills 6A.4 Field method of balancing cut-and-fill for a one bank canal section in side hill 6B. Transition for change of canal cross section Chapter 7. Canal linings and the prevention of seepage losses 7.1 Types of canal linings 7.2 Efficiency of different types of canal linings 7.3 Comparative cost of linings 7.4 Strength and durability, resistance to high velocities, to growth of weeds and burrowing animals 7.5 Concrete linings 7.6 Form of cross section and thickness of lining 7.7 Minimum thickness 7.8 Thickness when sloping side walls resist earth pressure 7.9 Contraction of expansion; construction joint and expansion joints 7.10 Methods of construction of concrete linings 7.11 Construction of concrete linings by means of forms Construction of concrete linings without forms 7.12 Drainage and effect of frost 7.13 Examples and cost of concrete linings 7.14 Economy of concrete linings 7.15 Special forms of concrete linings 7.16 Partial linings; outer slope lining for canals on side hills 7.17 Semicircular concrete lining ; Umatilla project , Oregon 7.18 Reinforced concrete linings 7.19 Yakima Valley canal, Washington 7.20 Cheliff Canal , Algeria 7.21 Tieton canal, Washington Chapter 8. Tunnels, concrete retaining wall canal sections, bench flumes 8.1 Size and form of tunnel 8.2 Tunnels on Tieton canal, Yakima project. Washington 8.3 Tunnels on Truckee Carson project, Nevada 8.4 Tunnel on Belle Fourche project, South Dakota 8.5 Tunnel on Huntley project, Montana 8.6 Concrete retaining walls for canal sections and bench flumes 8.7 Wooden bench flumes 8.8 Reinforced concrete bench flumes 8.9 Reinforced concrete bench flume of Kamloops Fruitlands irrigation co., British Columbia 8.10 Reinforced concrete flume for the Yakima valley canal co., in Washington 8.11 Flume of Naches power co., Washington 8.12 Flume of Big Fork plant, Montana ; Northern Idaho and Montana power co. Chapter 9. Flumes 9.1 Rectangular wooden flumes 9.2 Flume lining 9.3 Framework of flume box 9.4 Substructures 9.5 Design and economic proportioning of wooden flumes on trestle 9.6 Cost of wooden flumes 9.7 Life of wooden flumes 9.8 Semicircular wooden stave flumes 9.9 Steel flumes 9.10 Types of 9.11 Expansion and contraction of steel flumes 9.12 Substructure for steel flumes 9.13 Cost of steel flumes 9.14 Durability and economy of steel flumes 9.15 Reinforced concrete flumes 9.16 Reinforced concrete elevated flumes of Kamloops Fruitlands irrigation and power co. , British Columbia 9.17 Reinforced concrete flume of Yakima valley canal co. , Washington 9.18 Reinforced concrete flume of Naches power co. , Washington 9.19 Reinforced concrete elevated flumes on canal of Hamiz , Algeria 9.20 Faleva flume on canal of Aragon and Catalogue , Spain 9.21 Reinforced concrete flume on interstate canal, North Platte project , Nebraska , Wyoming 9.22 Inlet and outlet to flumes Chapter 10. Pipes and inverted siphons 10.1 Uses of pipes in irrigation 10.2 Kinds of pipes used 10A. Wrought iron and steel pipes 10A.1 Design of steel pipes 10A.2 Stresses and thickness of pipe 10A. 3 Expansion and contraction and temperature stresses 10A.4 Types of longitudinal and circumferential joints 10A.5 Design of riveted joints 10A.6 Examples of steel-pipe installations 10A.7 Ingot iron pipes 10A.8 Covering Steel pipes 10A.9 Expansion joints in steel pipes 10A.10 Support for steel pipe lines built above ground 10A.11 Anchorage for steel pipe lines 10A.12 Example of anchorages 10A .13 Design of air vents for steel pipe 10A .14 Air valves 10A.15 Corrosion and durability of steel pipes 10A.16 Coating of steel pipes 10A.17 Cost of small size steel pipe 10B. Wooden pipes 10B.1 General description 10B.2 Use and durability 10B.3 Staves 10B.4 Curvature and bends 10B.5 End butt joints of stave 10B.6 Bands and shoes 10B.7 Design of staves and bands 10B.8 Principles of design 10B.9 Size of bands 10B.10 Spacing of the bands 10B.11 Durability of wood pipes 10B.12 Average useful life 10B.13 Covered pipes vs. exposed pipes 10B.14 Painting and coating of staves and bands 10B.15 Construction of continuous wood staves pipe lines 10B.16 Connections and fixtures 10B.17 Support for wood stave pipe lines built above ground 10B.18 Overhead stream crossings vs. under-crossing 10B.19 Anchors for wood stave pipes 10B.20 Cost of wood stave pipes 10B.21 Specifications for continuous wood stave pipe 10C. Cement mortar and plain concrete pipes 10C.1 General use of pipe 10C.2 Description of pipe and properties 10C.3 Method of manufacturing and laying hand-tamped cement pipes 10C.4 Cost of cement pipes 10C.5 Other methods of making cement pipes 10C.6 Machine-tamped pipe 10C.7 Wet process pipe 10D. Reinforced concrete pipes 10D.1 General description and use 10D.2 Reinforcement 10D.3 Concrete 10D.4 Reinforced concrete pipes cast in sections 10D.5 Method of casting pipe lengths used on Umatilla project, Oregon 10D .6 Method of casting small diameter pipe on Tieton project, Washington 10D. 7 Method of making wire-wound concrete pipe, used on the Roswell project, Idaho 10D.8 Methods of joining pipe sections 10D.9 Expansion and contraction in concrete pipe lines built of separately moulded sections 10D.10 Method of construction to decrease contraction 10D.11 Theoretical considerations of contraction movement 10D.12 Contraction joints 10D.13 Water-tightness, durability and example of use of reinforced concrete cast pipe 10D.14 Test of water-tightness of reinforced concrete pipe on the Umatilla project , Oregon 10D.15 M-line siphon, Umatilla project , Oregon 10D.16 Pressure pipe for the aqueduct of Acheres , Paris , France 10D.17 Distributary pipes for the agricultural park of Archeres , Paris , France 10D.18 Venice pressure pipe, Italy 10D.19 Bone pressure pipe , Algeria 10D.20 Cost of making and laying reinforced concrete pipe cast in sections 10D.21 Reinforced concrete pipe and conduits built in place 10D.22 Belle Fourth project siphons 10D.23 Clay Creek siphon , American Beet Sugar Co. , Colorado 10D.24 Reinforced concrete siphons on irrigation system of Aragon and Catalogue , Spain 10D.25 Piers and supports for reinforced concrete continuous pipe 10E. Economic pipe-line location and design 10F. Special consideration of inverted siphons and auxiliary works 10F.1 General description and design 10F.2 Siphon inlet structure 10F.3 Sand box and waste-way 10F.4 Siphon outlet structure 10F.5 Pipe line 10F.6 Examples of inlet and outlet structures 10F.7 Inlet and outlet structures of Wolf Creek lateral siphon, American Beet Sugar Co., Colorado 10F.8 Inlet to 48-inch concrete pipe chute on Boise project, Idaho 10F.9 Inlet to Anderson siphon of Belle Fourche project, South Dakota 10F.10 Inlet structure of a 4-foot wood stave siphon, Kamloops Fruitlands Irrigation and Power Co. , British Columbia 10F.11 Blow-offs and mud valves 10F.12 Air valves and air stands 10F.13 Anchorages and expansion joints