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In addition to student research carried out within the academic curriculum, faculty members of the department undertake sponsored research and investigations for different government organizations and non-governmental agencies. The university also funds a number of research projects proposed by the faculty members.
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Departmental Research Works |
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A significant part of research works of the department is directed towards the study and solution of field problems.
Some research works conducted by the department are listed below :
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| River Response, Training Works and Erosion Protection |
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• Local scour around bridge piers and abutments
• Prevention of bank erosion using revetments, groins,
bottom vanes etc.
• Behavior of river bifurcation
• Roughness of various bed materials
• Sedimentation rate of alluvial rivers
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| Hydraulics and Hydraulic Structures |
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• Regulator with gravity flap gate
• Effect of sluice gate opening angle on the behavior of flow
• Study on hydraulic jump in abruptly sloping channel
• Behavior of flow in constricted and expanded section
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| Hydrology and IWRM |
| • Instream flow requirements of rivers
• Hydrologic Forecasting using Artificial Neural Networking
• Characterization and impact evaluation of drought
• Flood discharge and flood frequency analysis
• Development of unit-hydrograph in halda river basin |
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| Coastal Engineering and Coastal Zone Management |
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• Coastal erosion protection
• Saline water intrusion
• Estimation of wave height near the coastal belt of Bangladesh
• Effectiveness of floating breakwater as protection structure
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| Groundwater |
| • Optimization of groundwater monitoring network
• Impact of agricultural land use changes on surface and ground water
• Optimal evaluation of aquifer parameters in Dhaka city by Krigging
• Groundwater level depletion and its impact on aquifer parameters |
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| Irrigation and drainage engineering |
| • Relationship of observed and estimated evapo-transpiration of rice
• Study of floating pump irrigation in Bangladesh
• Stochastic analysis of deficiency of crop water requirement
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| Numerical Modeling |
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• Solution of dam-break problem by Collocation method in conjunction with hermite element
• Three-dimensional saturated-unsaturated flow simulation by Galerkin finite element method
• Numerical model for salinity intrusion in the Pussur river
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| GIS and Remote Sensing |
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• Rainfall estimation over Bangladesh using satellite data
• Computation of runoff in the Jamuneswari basin (using Arc-info)
• Assessment of crop damage due to flood using GIS technology
• Assessment of flood inundation using GIS technology
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