HYDRAULICS OF NATURAL SYSTEMS

Knowledge of the mathematical tools to study fluid flow in the different contexts in which they are found in nature, with particular reference to their interaction with sediments, aiming to hydraulic works engineering.

The fluvial system. Uniform, steady and unsteady free surface flow. Water-sediment interaction: beginning of motion; computation of bed sediment load and suspended load. Mobile-bed flow resistance. River bed evolution.

Debris and mud flow: development, evolution and characterization; rheology modeling; numerical models.

Water wave mechanics: regular and irregular waves. Wave transformation. Short term and long term analyses for design conditions. Surf zone hydrodynamics. Coastal processes

Strongly suggested:

1. Armanini, A. Principi di Idraulica fluviale - Editoriale BIOS, 1999

2. Atzeni, A. Dispense di Idraulica Marittima – Aracne editrice, 2011

Very useful:

3. Cengel, Y.A. - Cimbala, J.M. - G. Cozzo - C. Santoro (per l'ed. italiana) MECCANICA DEI FLUIDI - McGraw-Hill, 2014

4. Ferro, V. La sistemazione dei bacini idrografici – Mc-Graw-Hill, 2002

5. U.S. Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration - River Engineering for Highway Encroachments, FHWA NHI 01-004

6. US Army Corps of Engineers - Coastal Engineering Manual, EM 1110-2-1100, 2002