Hydraulics

- 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.

Provide the theoretical basis of hydraulics. Provide the tools to solve common problems involving: calculating pressures and pressure losses in pipes for sizing purposes, selecting pumps, calculating flow rates in open or closed pipes. Introduce the basics of free surface hydraulics.

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- 100% CC distributed as follows:

- 1 graded tutorial

- Oral presentation of methods and results of practical work at the hydraulic hall

- written exam covering the entire course, tutorials, practicals, fieldwork

• Brief description of practical sessions and number of hours associated with each session

- Practical work at the Supagro hydraulic laboratory (small canal, large canal, effect of slope on flow rate and water height, flow under load in pipes of different diameters and materials, flow measurement using a current meter, determination of pump characteristics)

- know how to apply the fundamental principle of hydrostatics to determine the pressure of a fluid at rest.

- know how to determine the intensity and point of application of a thrust force

- know how to apply Bernoulli's theorem in the case of an ideal fluid and in the case of a real fluid

- know how to determine pressure losses during flow under load in a pipe

- knowing how to choose a pump based on its characteristics and the hydraulic network in which it will be used

- Know how to carry out all the steps involved in sizing a water supply network (in the case of a simple branched network)

- know how to measure flow rate with a current meter (point-by-point method)