NPTEL Swayam course on
'Climate Hazards and Disaster Mitigation'
All video lectures of this course are available on the weblink: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/105106831
6 Modules - 12- Weeks - 60 Lectures
Module 1: Introduction to Climate Hazards & Vulnerability
Module 2: Modelling Flood Hazards
Module 3: Drought Estimation & Mitigation
Module 4: Heat waves, Cold waves and Compound Extremes
Module 5: Disaster Mitigation Framework & Approaches
Module 6: Emerging Areas & Future Direction
Assignment Question Sets:
Assignment-1 : FLUID PROPERTIES
Assignment-2: PRESSURE AND ITS MEASUREMENT
Assignment-3: FLUID STATICS
Assignment-4: FLUID KINEMATICS-I
Assignment Question Sets:
Assignment-1 : BOUNDARY LAYER THEORY
Assignment-2: DRAG AND LIFT
Assignment-3: PIPE FLOW ANALYSIS
Assignment-4: PIPE NETWORK ANALYSIS
Video Lectures:
Module-1 --- Introduction to Open Channel Flow
Lecture-1: Basics of Open Channel Flow
Lecture-2: Velocity and Pressure Distribution
Module-2 --- Uniform Flow
Lecture-1: Uniform Flow and Resistance Equations
Lecture-2: Computation of Uniform Flow
Module-3 --- Critical Flow
Lecture-1: Critical Flow
Lecture-2: Computation of Critical Flow
Lecture-3: Application of Critical Flow
Module-4 --- Gradually Varied Flow
Lecture-1: Gradually Varied Flow
Lecture-2: Analysis of Gradually Varied Flow Profiles
Module-5 --- Rapidly Varied Flow
Lecture-1: Rapidly Varied Flow
Lecture-2: Analysis of Hydraulic Jump
Module-6 --- Unsteady Flow
Lecture-1: Gradually Varied Unsteady Flow
Lecture-2: Flood Routing
Lecture-3: Rapidly Varied Unsteady Flow
Assignment Question Sets:
Assignment-1 : BASICS OF OPEN CHANNEL FLOW
Assignment-2: UNIFORM FLOW
Assignment-3: DESIGN OF CHANNELS FOR UNIFORM FLOW
Assignment-4: CRITICAL FLOW
Assignment-5: GRADUALLY VARIED FLOW
Assignment-6: RAPIDLY VARIED FLOW
Assignment-7: UNSTEADY FLOW
Additional e-Learning Resources:
A course on Hydrology and Flood Control developed under the National Mission Project on Education through ICT – Pedagogical course development under the aegis of the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India in 2019.
Course Developers: Prof. P. L. Patel and Dr. P. V. Timbadiya from SVNIT Surat (I had provided secretarial assistance to the course developers)