ECTS
5 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
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5 creditsHydraulics
4 creditsApplied hydraulics
1 credits
Geochemistry
5 credits
Hydraulics
Study level
BAC +3
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
- Hydrostatics (Fundamental Principle of Hydrostatics, notion of buoyant 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 studies: Mariotte vessel, emptying a tank, Pitot tube, Venturi)
- Hydrodynamics of real fluids (origin of head losses and estimation of linear and singular head losses, generalized Bernouilli theorem with head losses)
- Hydraulic machines (pump operation, H(Q) characteristics, operating point)
- Free-surface hydraulics (hydraulic characteristics, Manning Strickler formula, weir formula, pressure curves)
Hourly volumes :
CM :10h
TD :10h
TP :16h
Geochemistry
Study level
BAC +2
ECTS
5 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The aim of this course is 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 cover the notion of compatible and incompatible elements, partition coefficients, geochemical equilibria and fractionations, and elemental mobility. 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; weathering and water-rock interactions). Radiochronology and 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). More specifically, stable isotopes of O and C will be studied to characterize the origin of atmospheric fluxes and trace the various processes involved in the water cycle at the scale of hydrosystems. 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