ECTS
5 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
List of Courses
Choose one of the following two options:
Hydrau Selection
5 creditsHydraulics
4 creditsApplied Hydraulics
1 credit
Geochemistry
5 credits
Hydrau Selection
ECTS
5 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Hydraulics
Level of Education
Bachelor's degree (BAC +3)
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
- Hydrostatics ( Fundamental Principles of Hydrostatics, the concept of buoyant force, Archimedes’ Principle)
- Fluid dynamics (streamlines, trajectories, emission lines, 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’s vase, draining a reservoir, Pitot tube, Venturi tube)
- Hydrodynamics of real fluids ( causes of pressure drops and estimation of linear and singular pressure drops; generalized Bernoulli's theorem accounting for pressure drops)
- Hydraulic machines (pump operation, H(Q) characteristics, operating point)
- Free-surface hydraulics (hydraulic characteristics, Manning-Strickler formula, weir formula, calibration curves)
Hourly volumes:
CM: 10 a.m.
TD: 10:00 a.m.
Practical Training: 4:00 p.m.
Applied Hydraulics
ECTS
1 credit
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Geochemistry
Level of Education
2 years of post-secondary education
ECTS
5 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
The objective of this course unit is to introduce the concept of the properties of chemical elements, geochemical classification, and the distribution of major and trace elements in minerals, rocks, and fluids. We will discuss 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 (transfers and fluxes of water and matter; weathering and water-rock interactions). Radiocarbon dating and the geochemistry of radiogenic and stable isotopes will also be covered to identify the various reservoirs within the Earth, date rocks and fluids (both surface and deep), and study geochemical transfers between the different reservoirs (asthenosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere). Stable oxygen and carbon isotopes will be studied more specifically to characterize the origin of atmospheric fluxes and to trace the various processes involved in the water cycle at the scale of hydrosystems. The budgets of dissolved and particulate geochemical fluxes in hydrosystems will be addressed in order to understand the dynamics of global terrestrial cycles at the Earth’s surface.
Hourly volumes:
CM: 20
TD: 22
TP: 3