The presentation is about various aspects of cyclone. Useful for hydrology and water resources engineering.

1. CYCLONES
SHARDANAND TIWARI
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A HOLISTIC APPROACH TOWARDS

2. WHAT ARE CYCLONES?

3. CYCLOS
CYCLONE
(GREEK)

4. When is it a cyclone?
DEPRESSION when wind
speed< 61kmph.
CYCLONE when wind speed > 61kmph
• SEVERE STORM.
• VERY SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM.
• SUPER CYCLONIC STORM.

5. FORMATION OF A CYCLONE
-MOISTURE in large amounts.
-HEAT ( >27⁰C).
-CORIOLIS force.
-Huge water surface.

6. CUMULUS CIRRUS
NIMBUS- A cloud that can rain

7. STRUCTURE OF A CYCLONE

8. TYPES OF CYCLONES
1.TEMPERATE CYCLONES
2.TROPICAL CYCLONES

9. NOMENCLATURE OF CYCLONES
• INDIAN OCEAN - CYCLONE
• PACIFIC OCEAN – TYPHOON
• ATLANTIC OCEAN – HURRICANE
• AUSTRALIAN SEAS- WILLY WILLY

10. A CIVIL ENGINEER’S
PERSPECTIVE

11. HEAVY RAINFALL
• DRAINAGE
• WATER RESISTANT
STRUCTURES

12. STRONG WINDS : HORIZONTAL LOADS

13. FLOODS
STORM SURGE
BROKEN LEVEES

14. DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY CYCLONES
• HUMAN LOSS
• FINANCIAL LOSS
• PSYCHOLOGICAL
TRAUMA
• ENVIRONMENTAL
DAMAGE

15. Cyclones in India

16. PROMINENCE OF CYCLONES IN BAY OF BENGAL
RIVERS
DEPRESSIONS

17. THE PARADEEP SUPER CYCLON
PARADEEP – 1 OF THE 12 MAJOR INDIAN PORTS.
LEVELS OF DESTRUCTION
• 10,000 PEOPLE DEAD.
• 20 FEET HIGH STORM SURGE WENT 20KMS INLAND.
• 2.5MILLION LIVESTOCK PERISHED.
• 90 MILLION TREES UPROOTED.
• 17000 km2 crop area destroyed.
Source : Indian Meteorological Department website
www.imd.gov.in

18. 100s
ENERGY POTENTIAL OF
CYCLONES
Source : Website of the prestigious “SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN” magazine.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/report/hurricane-guide/

19. • CLEAN ENERGY
ADVANTAGES OF HARNESSING ENERGY
FROM CYCLONES
• LARGE SCALE
PROCUREMENT :
ECONOMIES OF
SCALE
• SELF
RELIANCE IN
ENERGY
• SUBSTITUTION
EFFECT

20. OBSTACLES IN HARNESSING ENERGY FROM CYCLONES
1.Size of the cyclone
2.Landfall
unpredictability
3.Need of material with
extraordinary strength

21. THE FINAL WORDS
• NATURAL PHENOMENON.
• WE SHOULD BE PREPARED BETTER THAN
EVER.
• TAP THE POTENTIAL POWER AND TAME THE
MONSTER.

22. THANKS