Scope & Objective of the course:       The objective of this course is to develop knowledge about various numerical techniques for planning and management of Water Resources such as Methods of Irrigation, Water Requirements of Crops, Reservoir Planning, River Engineering etc. as well as Design and Construction.

Text book(s):

T1: K. Deb., Optimization for Engineering Design: Algorithms and Examples, PHI Pvt Ltd., 1998.

T2: J. S. Arora, Introduction to Optimum Design, McGraw Hill International Edition, 1989.

Reference book(s):

R1: R. T. Hafta and Z. Gurdal., Elements of Structural Optimization, Third Revised and Expanded Edition. Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996.