AREN 309 — Soil and Water Engineering
Agricultural Engineering · University of Ghana
Introductory Concepts: soil water potential concepts; potential distribution of soil water under field conditions; methods of soil water determinations; soil water retention curves; hysteresis. Soil Water Flow: flow of water in model systems - tubes and pipes; darcy‘s law; transport of soil water under saturated conditions; transport of soil water under unsaturated conditions; determination of hydraulic conductivity. Soil Water Flow Processes in the Field: infiltration; runoff; internal drainage and redistribution; evaporation. Basic concepts of soil erosion; control of soil erosion; Mechanics of wind and water erosion; water and wind erosion control practices; concept of runoff and its estimation
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- AREN 301 — Soil and Crop Mechanics Application to Mechanization
- AREN 302 — Agricultural Materials Handling
- AREN 304 — Soil Mechanics
- AREN 305 — Heat Transfer
- AREN 306 — Hydrology and Water Resources Management
- AREN 307 — Farm Structures and Environmental engineering
- AREN 308 — Agricultural Machinery Technology
- AREN 312 — Energy and Power Utilization on Farms
- AREN 101 — Engineering Graphics
- AREN 102 — Engineering Drawing
- AREN 201 — Engineering Surveying
- AREN 202 — Physical and Engineering Properties of Biological Materials
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).