HYDRAULICS COMPLEMENTS

Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: Giuseppe PEZZINGA

Expected Learning Outcomes

Achievement of knowledge of mathematical models in Hydraulics and their applications to schematic cases of problems of fluid flow in water engineering, with attention to fundamental hypotheses and computational approximations.

Course Structure

Lessons and classroom exercises.

Required Prerequisites

Knowledge of the fundamental topics of hydraulics is required.

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

Steady flow in pressure pipe networks – Sizing of pressure pipe networks – Steady free surface flow – Unsteady pressure pipe flow - Unsteady free surface flow – Groundwater flow – Sediment transport

Textbook Information

1. Montuori C., Complementi di idraulica, CUEN, Napoli.

2. Pezzinga G., Elementi di idraulica numerica, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Architettura, Università di Catania.

3. Citrini D., Noseda G., Idraulica, CEA, Milano.

4. Marchi E., Rubatta, A., Meccanica dei fluidi, UTET, Torino

Course Planning

	Subjects	Text References
1	INTRODUCTION	Text 2
2	UNIFORM FLOW IN PRESSURE PIPES AND OPEN CHANNELS	Text 1
3	STEADY FLOW IN PRESSURE PIPE NETWORKS	Text 2, Text 3
4	SIZING OF PRESSURE PIPE NETWORKS	Text 2, Text 3
5	STEADY FREE SURFACE FLOW	Text 1, Text 2, Text 3
6	UNSTEADY PRESSURE PIPE FLOW	Text 2, Text 3
7	UNSTEADY FREE SURFACE PIPE FLOW	Text 1, Text 2
8	GROUNDWATER FLOW	Text 2, Text 3
9	SEDIMENT TRANSPORT	Text 4

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Assessment of exercises, aimed at verifying the ability to apply mathematical models of hydraulics to schematic cases representative of fluid flow problems in water engineering.

Oral exam, aimed at verifying knowledge of mathematical models of hydraulics, with understanding of the basic assumptions and calculation approximations.

The assessment of exercises and the oral exam each weigh 50% of the overall evaluation.

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

Hardy Cross method.

Matrix of conductivity.

Pipe networks sizing.

Lateral weir.

Unsteady pressure pipe flow.

Unsteady free surface flow.

Flow in porous media.

Incipient motion.

Degree Course in

Water and Transportation Civil Engineering