ECTS
5 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
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Hydrau Selection
5 creditsHydraulics
4 creditsApplied hydraulics
1 credit
Geochemistry
5 credits
Hydrau Selection
ECTS
5 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Hydraulics
Level of education
Bachelor's degree
ECTS
4 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
- Hydrostatics ( Fundamental Principle of Hydrostatics, concept of buoyancy, Archimedes' principle)
- Fluid kinematics (streamline, trajectory, streamline, flow rate, Reynolds number, laminar flow, turbulent flow)
- Hydrodynamics of ideal fluids (conservation of mass, conservation of energy with Bernoulli's theorem, case studies: Mariotte vessel, emptying a tank, Pitot tube, Venturi)
- Hydrodynamics of real fluids ( origin of pressure losses and estimation of linear and singular pressure losses, generalized Bernoulli's theorem with pressure losses)
- Hydraulic machines (pump operation, H(Q) characteristics, operating point)
- Free surface hydraulics (hydraulic characteristics, Manning-Strickler formula, spillway formula, calibration curves)
Hourly volumes:
CM: 10 a.m.
TD: 10 a.m.
Practical work: 4 p.m.
Applied hydraulics
ECTS
1 credit
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Geochemistry
Level of education
two years of postsecondary education
ECTS
5 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
This course unit aims to introduce the concept of chemical element properties, geochemical classification, and the distribution of major and trace elements in minerals, rocks, and fluids. We will address the concepts of compatible and incompatible elements, partition coefficients, geochemical equilibria and fractionation, and element mobility. The geochemistry of major and trace elements will be studied to understand magmatic processes (partial melting, fractional crystallization) and surface processes (water and material transfer and flow; weathering and water-rock interactions). Radiochronology and the geochemistry of radiogenic and stable isotopes will also be addressed to identify the different reservoirs within the Earth, date rocks and fluids (superficial and deep), and study geochemical transfers between the different reservoirs (asthenosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere). Stable O and C isotopes will be studied more specifically in order to characterize the origin of atmospheric fluxes and trace the various processes involved in the water cycle at the hydrosystem scale. Dissolved and particulate geochemical flux balances in hydrosystems will be addressed in order to understand the dynamics of global terrestrial cycles at the surface.
Hourly volumes:
CM: 20
TD: 22
TP: 3