ECTS
5 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
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Hydrau Choice
5 creditsHydraulics
4 creditsApplied hydraulics
1 credits
Geochemistry
5 credits
Hydraulics
Level of study
BAC +3
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
- Hydrostatics (Fundamental Principle of Hydrostatics, notion of buoyancy force, Archimedes' theorem)
- Fluid kinematics (streamline, trajectory, emission line, flow rate, Reynolds number, laminar, turbulent flow)
- Hydrodynamics of perfect fluids (conservation of mass, conservation of energy with Bernouilli's theorem, case study: Mariotte vessel, emptying of a tank, Pitot tube, Venturi)
- Hydrodynamics of real fluids (origin of pressure losses and estimation of linear and singular pressure losses, generalized Bernouilli's theorem with pressure losses)
- Hydraulic machines (pump operation, H(Q) characteristics, operating point)
- Free surface hydraulics (hydraulic characteristics, Manning Strickler formula, weir formula, rating curves)
Hourly volumes:
CM :10h
TD :10h
TP : 16 hours
Geochemistry
Level of study
BAC +2
ECTS
5 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The objective of this course is to introduce the concept of chemical element properties, geochemical classification and distribution of major and trace elements in minerals, rocks and fluids. We will approach the notion of compatible and incompatible elements, partition coefficient, geochemical equilibrium and fractionation and mobility of elements. The geochemistry of major and trace elements will be studied to understand magmatic processes (partial melting, fractional crystallization) and surface processes (water and matter transfers and fluxes; alteration and water-rock interactions). Radiochronology and stable and radiogenic isotope geochemistry will also be addressed to identify the different reservoirs within the Earth, to date rocks and fluids (surface and deep) and to study the geochemical transfers between the different reservoirs (asthenosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere) Stable isotopes of O and C will be more specifically studied in order to characterize the origin of atmospheric fluxes and to trace the different processes involved in the water cycle at the scale of hydrosystems. Dissolved and particulate geochemical flux budgets in hydrosystems will be addressed in order to understand the dynamics of global terrestrial surface cycles.
Hourly volumes:
CM : 20
TD : 22
TP : 3