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Course:HYDRAULICS I
Requirements
Course
Course Code
Physics
Fluid Mechanics
Description
BASIC CONCEPTS
HYDROSTATICS (WATER AT REST)
HYDRODYNAMICS (WATER FLOW)
ORIFICES AND GATES
PIPES
PUMPS
THEORY OF PHYSICAL MODELING
1/3 each
50%
20%
10%
20%
3.6.
3.7.
Potential energy
Total energy
Bernoullis equation
Applications
Pressure and elevation changes
Velocity measurements
Orifices
Pressure and velocity changes in a pipe
Venturi meters
Siphons
Measuring devices in hydraulics
Specific Energy
Critical Flow
Momentum
Real fluids
Energy losses
Boundary layers
Cavitation
Drag forces
Pipe networks
5.9. Momentum in pipes
5.10. Water hammer
5.11. Surge
6. PUMPS
6.1. Types of pumps
6.2. Pumping pressure
6.3. Energy for pumping
6.4. Power for pumping
6.5. Efficiency
7. THEORY OF PHYSICAL MODELING
7.1. Dimensional analysis
7.2. Similarity
Geometric
Dynamic
Kinematic
7.3. Reynolds Law
7.4. Froude Law
SOFTWARE:
Excel
EPANET
TEXTBOOK:
Kay, M. 2008. Practical Hydraulics. 2 nd Edition. Taylor & Francis. New York,
USA. 122 pp.