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– Components: dam, intake, penstock, power house, tailrace, surge tank. Types of layouts: run-of-river, storage, pumped storage.

– Design of penstock pipes, anchor blocks, and expansion joints.

– Benefits of lining, types of lining (concrete, brick, geomembrane), and design of lined sections.

– Weirs and barrages, causes of failure of weirs on permeable foundations, Khosla’s theory of independent variables, and creep theories (Bligh’s and Lane’s). Part 2: Water Power Engineering Chapter 11: Introduction to Hydroelectric Power – Hydrological cycle, hydro graphs, flow duration curves, power duration curves, firm power, secondary power, and load factor.

– Causes, effects, remedies, and design of surface and subsurface drainage systems.