FONDAMENTI DI IDRAULICA E DI GESTIONE DELLE RETI IDRICHE
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: LUCA CAVALLAROExpected Learning Outcomes
To provide students with the basic knowledge for dealing with civil engineering problems involving still or moving fluids. In particular, problems will be afforded dealing with forces acting on tanks and reservoirs; analysis, design and operation of pressure pipes networks; free surface open channel flow.
To introduce the subject matters concerning water resources management, hydraulic and hydrogeological risk mitigation and electric energy production from renewable sources.
Course Structure
The course includes:
lectures, carried out in participatory mode, in order to obtain student involvement and content maturation;
guided exercises, aimed at the numerical application of the concepts and methods of analysis and modeling most commonly used in hydraulics;
tests in progress, aimed at verifying during the course understanding of the contents and maturation of skills.
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Class attendance is strongly recommended, coherently with the proposed educational model, aiming to promote a gradual learning, the active participation of students in class and the communication between the teacher and the students.
Detailed Course Content
Introduction and properties of fluids
Fluid statics
Fluid kinematics
Fluid dynamics
Dimensional analysis
Pressure flow
Open channel flow
Textbook Information
Mossa, M., Petrillo, A.F. (2013) Idraulica, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano
Pezzinga, G. (2008) Esercizi di meccanica dei fluidi, Aracne Editrice, Roma
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theory and problems applications concerning the course content | Mossa, M., Petrillo, A.F. (2013) Idraulica, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano |
| 2 | Applications concerning the course content | Pezzinga, G. (2008) Esercizi di meccanica dei fluidi, Aracne Editrice, Roma |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The final examination is made up with a written and an oral exam.
Two in progress written tests will be held, each of them covering approximately 50% of the course content, consisting of 10 questions for each test; every question will have a maximum score equal to 3. If a student will pass both tests (each with a minimum score of 15/30), he/she will have the possibility to access straight the oral exam.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
Hydrostatic pressure distribution.
Hydrostatic forces on submerged plane and curved surfaces.
Applications of the Bernoulli equation.
Dynamic forces exerted by fluid flows.
Hydraulic grade line and energy line sketches.
Analysis, design and operation of pressure pipe networks.
Critical depth and normal depth.
Steady flow free surface profiles sketches.