HYDRAULICS AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

Ingegneria Edile-Architettura HYDRAULICS AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
EQF7
BUILDING ENGINEERING - ARCHITECTURE
2022/2023

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 4
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
FULL ACADEMIC YEAR
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1IDRAULICA
660LESSONS
2COSTRUZIONI IDRAULICHE
660LESSONS
Objectives
MODULE 1: HYDRAULICS
EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS AND COMPETENCIES
NOTIONS UNDERLYING HYDROSTATICS AND HYDRODYNAMICS. TO COMPLETE THEORETICAL AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS THROUGH NUMERICAL APPLICATIONS AND LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF BASIC HYDRAULICS, WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE LAWS THAT REGULATE THE BEHAVIOUR OF QUIET AND MOVING LIQUIDS.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
KNOW HOW TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE FOR THE RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS OF LIQUIDS AT REST, SUPPLY NETWORKS, DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS IN THE URBAN CONTEXT AS WELL AS AT THE SCALE OF THE SINGLE BUILDING OR BUILDING COMPLEXES, INTERACTION WITH WORKS ALONG CANALS OR RIVERS. ACHIEVE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE SYSTEM'S RESPONSE.

SELF-JUDGMENT
KNOWING HOW TO ELABORATE ITS VISION ON THE HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOUR OF QUIET AND MOVING LIQUIDS FOR DIFFERENT SCENARIOS OF INTEREST IN THE ENGINEERING FIELD CAN PRESENT ITS REASONED JUDGMENT ON WATERWORKS OF INTEREST.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
KNOWING HOW TO SET UP AND TREAT A HYDRAULIC PROBLEM. KNOWING HOW TO DEAL COMPETENTLY WITH SOLUTIONS RELATED TO WATERWORKS TO TECHNICAL INTERLOCUTORS AND TRANSFER THE BASIC CONCEPTS TO NON-TECHNICAL INTERLOCUTORS.

LEARNING ABILITY
KNOWING HOW TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, KNOWING HOW TO LEARN THE NEW EVOLUTIONS OF LEARNING INDEPENDENTLY.

MODULE 2: HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE WORKING AND DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED WATERWORKS IN BUILDINGS, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE HYDRAULIC APPLIANCES. THEORETICAL TOPICS ARE SUPPORTED AND SUPPLEMENTED BY CARRYING NUMERICAL EXERCISES AND DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE TECHNICAL-ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS PRESENTED IN TWO PROJECTS (ONE FOR A SEMESTER).

EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS AND COMPETENCIES TO BE ACQUIRED
ACQUIRE THE FUNDAMENTAL NOTIONS OF HYDRAULICS OF FLUIDS IN QUIET AND MOVING IN STATIONARY REGIME TO SYSTEMATICALLY ANALYSE THE MAIN WATERWORKS IN BUILDINGS. ASSIMILATE THEORETICAL AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE OF NUMERICAL APPLICATIONS AND THE DESCRIPTION AND DESIGN OF WORKS OF ADDUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND DISPOSAL OF WATER IN BUILDINGS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF THE ADVANCED PRINCIPLES OF HYDRAULIC CONSTRUCTION THROUGH THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF TEXTBOOKS AND SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS, AND PRACTICAL EXAMPLES. UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTIONS OF WATER SYSTEMS BY INDICATING THEIR MAIN ELEMENTS AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THEM. KNOW THE SIZING AND MANAGEMENT CRITERIA OF DISTRIBUTION WORKS; ESTIMATE EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS; KNOW THE SIZING AND MANAGEMENT CRITERIA OF THE HYDRAULIC PROTECTION WORKS OF BUILDINGS.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
KNOWING HOW TO APPLY THE ASSIMILATED KNOWLEDGE TO SOLVE HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING PROBLEMS MAY BE INNOVATIVE AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY.
KNOWING HOW TO IDENTIFY THE MOST APPROPRIATE INTERVENTION ACCORDING TO THE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT. KNOWING HOW TO SIZE THE MAIN HYDRAULIC BUILDING WORKS AND CHECK THEIR CORRECT FUNCTIONING; ACQUIRE METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS TO MANAGE WATER SYSTEMS.

SELF-JUDGMENT
BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP ONE'S OWN VISION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS CONNECTED TO THE SUBJECT AT HAND AND MAKE CHOICES BOTH OF A STRICTLY TECHNICAL NATURE AND, MORE GENERALLY, ON THE TYPE AND OPPORTUNITY OF INTERVENTIONS.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
KNOWING HOW TO DEVELOP A TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL TEXT. KNOWING HOW TO ILLUSTRATE A PROJECT WITH THE SUPPORT OF GRAPHIC DRAWINGS, SLIDESHOWS, OR OTHER SIMILAR APPROACHES.

LEARNING ABILITY
KNOWING HOW TO FIND AND UNDERSTAND THE TECHNICAL-SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE OF THE SECTOR. BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE MAINLY STUDYING INDEPENDENTLY
Prerequisites
TO SUCCESSFULLY FULFIL PREFIXED GOALS, KNOWLEDGE OF THE MECHANICS OF CONTINUUM SYSTEMS IS REQUIRED.
Contents
FUNDAMENTALS (5 HOURS)
PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS - PRESSURE AND SHEAR STRESS - CAUCHY THEOREM (THETRAEDRON THEOREM) – DIFFERENTIAL AND GLOBAL EQUATION OF HYDRODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM - DIFFERENTIAL AND GLOBAL EQUATION OF NAVIER-STOKES – APPLICATIONS ON THE GLOBAL EQUATION OF HYDRODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM

HYDROSTATICS (10 HOURS)
STEVIN’S EQUATION – PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION – PRESSURE MEASUREMENT - FORCE ACTING ON PLANE SURFACES - CENTER OF PRESSURE – INTEGRAL EQUATION OF HYDROSTATICS -ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE - FORCE ACTING ON CURVED SURFACES.

STEADY FLUID FLOWS (10 HOURS)
DEFINITION OF: TRAJECTORY, STREAMLINE, STREAM TUBE AND CURRENT – EULERIAN AND LAGRANGIAN APPROACH – CONTINUITY EQUATION IN DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL FORM - BERNOULLI'S THEOREM FOR FRICTIONLESS FLUIDS - POWER OF A CURRENT: EXTENSION OF THE BERNOULLI EQUATION TO A CURRENT - APPLICATION OF BERNOULLI'S THEOREM TO DISCHARGE FROM ORIFICES – PITOT AND PITOT-PRANDTL TUBES – VENTURI, NOZZLE AND ORIFICE METERS - DEFINITION OF PHYSICAL AND EQUIVALENT ROUGHNESS – FROM LAMINAR TO TURBULENT FLOWS: THE REYNOLDS’ EXPERIMENT - EQUATION OF MOTION FOR REAL FLUIDS: FRICTION AND LOCAL LOSSES - LAMINAR FLOW: POISEILLE’S FORMULA – TURBULENT FLOWS - DARCY -WEISBACH FORMULA - NIKURADSE EXPERIMENTS - SMOOTH PIPE - MOODY - PRESSURE LOSSES FORMULAE: BLASIUS, PRANDTL, VON KARMAN AND COLEBROOK-WHITE - OVERVIEW ON PUMPS AND TURBINES – APPLICATIONS.

WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS (10 HOURS)
PRINCIPLES: SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS AND ELEMENTS. - DESIGNING AND TESTING A SIMPLE AQUEDUCT. NOTES ON PRACTICAL FORMULAE. – AQUEDUCT CONSORTIUM SCHEME. – HYDRAULIC AND ECONOMIC PROJECT OF A PUMPING STATION. – ELECTRO-MECHANICAL FEATURES OF PUMPS. – PUMP CHOICE. – INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CHARACTERISTIC CURVES OF PUMPS AND THEIR REGULATION. – WORKING POINT. – ATTENUATION CONTROL SYSTEMS OF RAPIDLY VARIED FLUID FLOW. – PIPELINE MATERIALS. – PIPELINE PRODUCTIVE CYCLE. – PIPELINE CORROSION, PROTECTION TECHNIQUES. - STATIC ANALYSIS OF PIPELINES.

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS (5 HOURS)
WATER NETWORKS DISTRIBUTION: DESIGNING AND ECONOMIC CALCULUS. - TESTING WITH THE HARDY CROSS METHOD. - SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA OF HYDRAULIC TESTING.

NOTIONS OF HYDROLOGY (10 HOURS)
DEFINITION OF RANDOM PROCESS: RISK AND RETURN PERIOD - THEORY OF ANNUAL MAXIMUM VALUES AND GUMBEL'S LAW - PLUVIOMETRIC PROBABILITY CURVES - FLOOD ESTIMATION - RATIONAL FORMULA.

STEADY FREE SURFACE FLOWS (10 HOURS)
DEFINITION OF FREE SURFACE FLOWS. - TOTAL HEAD OF A CURRENT – CRITICAL CONDITION – SUPERCRITICAL, SUBCRITICAL AND CRITIC FLOWS – UNIFORM FLOW: RESISTANCE FORMULAE – RATING CURVES - MILD, STEEP AND CRITICAL SLOPE - EQUATION OF MOTION – BACKWATER PROFILES FOR MILD, STEEP AND CRITICAL SLOPE – BACKWATER PROFILES IN CASE OF RIVER BEDS HAVING DIFFERENT SLOPES AND/OR ROUGHNESS – INLET PROBLEMS – CHANNEL OUTLET –CHANNEL NARROWING - GATE IN A CHANNEL – FLOW OVER WEIRS.

CLASSROOM PROJECTS (60 HOURS)
PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A FIRE-FIGHTING WATER SYSTEM OR PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS IN BUILDINGS (30 HOURS)
PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A DRAIN SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING URBAN RUNOFF FROM BUILDINGS (30 HOURS)
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF THEORETICAL LESSONS, CLASSROOM AND LABORATORY EXERCITATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 120 HOURS (12 CREDITS).
IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE 60 HOURS OF CLASSROOM LESSONS (6 CREDITS) AND 60 HOURS OF GUIDED DESIGN EXERCISES (6 CREDITS).
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THE MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDANCE REQUIRED IS 70% FOR EACH OF THE ACTIVITIES.
THE COURSE IS ORGANIZED AS FOLLOWS:
- CLASSROOM LECTURES ON ALL THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE;
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE DESIGN EXERCISES:
- DRAFTING OF AN ANNUAL PROJECT AIMED AT THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A FIRE-FIGHTING SYSTEM BASED ON HYDRANTS
- DRAFTING OF A YEAR PROJECT AIMED AT THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF THE DISPOSAL OF RAINWATER FROM BUILDINGS.
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MODALITY:
STUDENTS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO GROUPS (4 TO 6 STUDENTS PER GROUP) AND WILL FOLLOW 12 GUIDED EXERCISES OF 5 HOURS EACH. AT THE END OF THE GUIDED EXERCISES, STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO CARRY OUT THE ANNUAL PROJECTS, WHICH WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY VERIFIED AT THE MOMENT OF THE ORAL EXAM.
Verification of learning
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE LEARNING OUTCOMES IS CERTIFIED BY PASSING AN EXAM WITH EVALUATION IN THIRTIETHS (SCALE 0-30), THE MINIMUM GRADE IS 18/30 (BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THEORETICAL FUNDAMENTALS, CALCULATION METHODOLOGIES AND SUFFICIENT COMPETENCE ON THE DEVELOPED PROJECTS) AND THE MAXIMUM GRADE IS 30/30. THE MAXIMUM MARK CAN BE ADDED "CUM LAUDE" (30 CUM LAUDE). THE EXAM INCLUDES A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL TEST THAT MAY TAKE PLACE ON DIFFERENT DAYS, PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED. THE WRITTEN TEST IS PRELIMINARY TO THE ORAL EXAMINATION. THE ORAL EXAM INCLUDES THE PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECTS, AND ON TOPICS INDICATED BY THE TEACHER.
THE WRITTEN TEST CONSISTS IN ANSWERING THEORETICAL QUESTIONS AND IN SOLVING NUMERICAL PROBLEMS. THE TEST HAS A DURATION OF NO MORE THAN 120 MINUTES AND IS AIMED AT VERIFYING THE ABILITY TO CORRECTLY APPLY THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE, THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE PROPOSED PROBLEMS AND THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN A WRITTEN MANNER. IF IN THE PRESENCE, DURING THE TEST IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO CONSULT TEXTS OR TO USE A PC OR SMARTPHONE; A POCKET CALCULATOR IS ALLOWED. THE TEST TAKES PLACE BEFORE THE ORAL EXAM AND IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN PASSED WITH THE ACHIEVEMENT OF A PRE-ESTABLISHED MINIMUM SCORE.
THE ORAL EXAM CONSISTS OF A DISCUSSION LASTING ABOUT 30 MINUTES AIMED AT ASCERTAINING THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ACHIEVED BY THE STUDENT ON THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENTS INDICATED IN THE SYLLABUS. THE ORAL TEST WILL ALSO ALLOW THE STUDENT'S COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO BE VERIFIED WITH THE LANGUAGE AND AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATION OF THE EXPOSITION.
THE ORAL EXAM INCLUDES A DISCUSSION OF TECHNICAL WORKS PRODUCED BY THE STUDENT INDEPENDENTLY OR IN A GROUP ON A CASE STUDY PROPOSED BY THE TEACHER AS A LABORATORY ACTIVITY. THE DISCUSSION WILL ILLUSTRATE THE PROBLEMS POSED BY THE ASSIGNED CASE, THE POSSIBLE PROJECT ALTERNATIVES, THE POSSIBLE REGULATORY CONTEXT, THE METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH ADOPTED, THE ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OBTAINED. DURING THE DISCUSSION SLIDES CAN BE USED AND PROVIDE FOR THE REQUEST FOR THEORETICAL INSIGHTS AND DETAILED CLARIFICATIONS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE EXAMINATION COMMITTEE.
THE EVALUATION OF THE ORAL TEST WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF THE FOLLOWING INDICATORS: COMPLETENESS, PRESENTATION, RELEVANCE.
THE TEST AS A WHOLE MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO ASCERTAIN BOTH THE CAPACITY FOR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, AND THE ABILITY TO APPLY THE SKILLS ACQUIRED, BOTH THE ABILITY TO EXHIBIT, AND THE ABILITY TO LEARN AND DEVELOP SOLUTIONS IN INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT.
THE FINAL GRADE USUALLY COMES FROM THE AVERAGE OF THE TWO TESTS. THE HONOURS CAN BE AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHO REACH THE MAXIMUM SCORE OF 30/30 AND DEMONSTRATE TO BE ABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED EVEN IN CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PROPOSED IN CLASS.
Texts
TEXTBOOKS:
MICHELE MOSSA, ANTONIO PETRILLO, IDRAULICA, ED. AMBROSIANA.
G. IPPOLITO, LEZIONI DI COSTRUZIONI IDRAULICHE, NUOVA EDIZIONE, ED. LIGUORI, NAPOLI

LECTURE NOTES HANDED OUT DURING LESSONS
HTTP://WWW.UNISA.IT/DOCENTI/PAOLOVILLANI/INDEX
HTTP://WWW.UNISA.IT/DOCENTI/GIACOMOVICCIONE/INDEX

OTHER TEXTBOOKS:
DUILIO CITRINI E GIORGIO NOSEDA, IDRAULICA, ED. AMBROSIANA (DISPONIBILE IN BIBLIOTECA)
More Information
REFER TO:
- THE UNIVERSITY WEB SITE, DIDACTIC SECTION
HTTPS://WEB.UNISA.IT/DIDATTICA
FOR CLASS TIMETABLE.

- TEACHERS’ WEB SITES
HTTP://WWW3.UNISA.IT/DOCENTI/PAOLOVILLANI/INDEX
HTTP://WWW3.UNISA.IT/DOCENTI/GIACOMOVICCIONE/INDEX
FOR TEACHERS’ NOTES
Lessons Timetable

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