TMT227 Irrigation and Drainage

3 ECTS - 2-0 Duration (T+A)- 3. Semester- 2 National Credit

Information

Unit FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING PR.
Code TMT227
Name Irrigation and Drainage
Term 2020-2021 Academic Year
Semester 3. Semester
Duration (T+A) 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 3 ECTS
National Credit 2 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Belirsiz
Type Normal
Label C Compulsory
Mode of study Uzaktan Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Prof. Dr. BURÇAK KAPUR
Course Instructor Prof. Dr. BURÇAK KAPUR (Güz) (A Group) (Ins. in Charge)


Course Goal / Objective

To provide fundemental concepts of irrigation and drainage; irrigation and crop water requirement concepts; irrigation water measuring techniques; supplying irrigation water; irrigation scheduling approaches; irrigation methods; drainage methods; data and information required for irrigation and drainage system design and evaluation.

Course Content

Definition of irrigation and drainage systems and their importance; history of irirgation and drainage; crop-soil-water relations; crop water requirement and irrigation water requirement; irrigation efficiencies; irrigation system capacity; drainage systems; information required for design and evaluation of irrigation and drainage systems.

Course Precondition

Resources

Notes



Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Learns fundemental principles of irrigation engineering; supplying irrigation water; irrigation scheduling
LO02 Know basics of irrigation systems and the information required for system desing and evaluation
LO03 Learns irirgation scheduling techniques; efficient water use; and measures to take for effcient water use
LO04 Can understand the scientiific papers about irigation engineering and make comments on the results.
LO05 Lerans drainage systems and planning techniques


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 - Knows the concepts of basic science, engineering, general agricultural and agricultural machinery and other social-cultural subjects in order to have proficiency for agricultural machinery education and get current information.
PLO02 - Learns the use and conservation of natural and fossil energy sources in agricultural production.
PLO03 - Learns the production methods of agricultural machinery, knows and selects materials.
PLO04 - Be aware of the universal and social effects of professional practices, to comprehend the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation issues.
PLO05 - Learns the basic applications of agricultural machinery in terms of setting, maintenance, field using and related problems.
PLO06 - Applies sustainable production models which are suitable for mechanization in agricultural enterprises, creates and manages the optimum mechanization chain.
PLO07 - Knows and applies the standards, laws and regulations of agricultural machinery.
PLO08 - Identifies the problems that can be solved within the scope of agricultural mechanization in plant and animal production and makes selection from existing agricultural machinery.
PLO09 - Learns and applies the methods for self-improvement in a professional sense.
PLO10 - Plans and manages the production, marketing and service network of agricultural machinery.
PLO11 - Have general proficiency on basic engineering and agricultural engineering, specifically in the field of Agricultural Machinery.
PLO12 - Supports the companies working in the field of agricultural machinery for R & D and technology development.
PLO13 - Learns new applications and software for agricultural machinery design.
PLO14 - Communicates with the representatives of the manufacturing industry, public institutions and professional chambers of the agricultural machinery sector within the scope of internship, practice and current problems monitoring and takes responsibility in different working environments.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Irrigation, development and importance, historical development of irrigation, definition of irrigation, imporevement of water supplies in Turkey, irrigation problems in Turkey. Related sections of the lecture notes
2 Measuring flowing water, flowing measurement methods, irrigated farming classification Related sections of the lecture notes
3 Supplying irrigation water; water resources; surface resources; groundwater; pumping water Related sections of the lecture notes
4 Irrigation water requirement and scheduling; crop-water-soil-atmsphere relations; crop rooting depth Related sections of the lecture notes
5 Infitration; infiltration equations; measuring infiltration; hydraulic conductivity Related sections of the lecture notes
6 Soil moisture; availability of soil water; water flow in soil; irrigation water requirement-climate relations Related sections of the lecture notes
7 Irrigation water requirement; determination of evapotranpiration; direct determination methods; methods for estimating evapotranspiration, plant coefficients Related sections of the lecture notes
8 Mid-Term Exam Getting prepared for the exam studying the resource book and presentations
9 Building an irrigation plan, programming approaches, determining irrigation time, plant detectors, soil detectors, water budget technique Related sections of the lecture notes
10 Irrigation performance, irrigation requirements, project capacity of irrigation systems Related sections of the lecture notes
11 Irrigation methods; classification of irrigation methods; surface irirgation methods; border, basin, furrow and corrugation methods Related sections of the lecture notes
12 Drip irrigation systems; advanteges and disadvanteges of drip system; components of drip system Related sections of the lecture notes
13 Sprinkler irrigation system; advantages and disadvanteges of sprinkler systems Related sections of the lecture notes
14 Surface irrigation Techniques Related sections of the lecture notes
15 Drainage systems and planning Related sections of the lecture notes
16 Term Exams Getting prepared for the exam studying the resource book and presentations
17 Term Exams


Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria

Assessment Type Midterm / Year Impact End of Term / End of Year Impact
1. Midterm Exam 100 40
General Assessment
Midterm / Year Total 100 40
1. Final Exam - 60
Grand Total - 100

Update Time: 21.05.2020 01:20