General Hydraulics I

Code:

EC0018

Acronym:

HGER1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Hydraulics, Water Resources and Environment

Instance: 2009/2010 - 2S

Active?	Yes
E-learning page:	http://moodle.fe.up.pt/
Responsible unit:	Hydraulics, Water Resources and Environment Division
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Civil Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEC	340	Syllabus since 2006/2007	2	-	5	60	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

OBJECTIVES:
This course aims to:
Teach the essential concepts, principles and theories that lead to the understanding of the reality of the several types of flows;
Present theories and strategies used in Civil Engineering for the conception and planning of projects and hydraulic structures
Teach the strategies used to characterize this behaviour

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1.1- Knowledge of underlying sciences
1.2- Core engineering fundamental knowledge on (Sciences of Engineering)
1.3- Engineering reasoning and problem solving
1.4- Experimentation and knowledge discovery

Program

1 – General Equations of Fluids Mechanics
2 - Fundamental Theorems of Fluids Mechanics: Bernoulli’s Principle. Momentum Theorem
3 – Hydrostatics: Fundamental Principle. Impulsions on surfaces. Forces on surfaces.
4 – Hydraulic similarity: complete and incomplete similarity
5 – Types of flow. Interior flow: Resistance formulas. Exterior flow. Laminar and turbulent flows.
6 – Pressure flow (1st part): Establishing the flow. Nikuradse’s experiments. Flow laws (smooth, transition and turbulent). Continuous friction loss. Resistance formulas. Local friction loss.
7 – Holes and Weirs: Flow laws in all kinds of holes and on sharp and broad-crested weirs

Mandatory literature

J. Novais Barbosa; Mecânica dos Fluidos e Hidráulica Geral, Porto Editora
Nalluri, G. e Featherstone, R.E.; Civil Engineering Hydraulics, Blackwell Science, 2001. ISBN: 0-632-05514-6

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes that give a focus, on a first phase, on the basic principles – general and fundamental equations and principles – of (static and dynamic) Fluids Mechanics, oriented towards a global application on the incompressible fluids; on a second phase, the general concepts and principles of Fluids Mechanics are covered, as well as those underlying (i) to the Hydraulic Similarity, (ii) to the different types of flows and (iii) to holes and weirs; on a third phase, the basic concepts related to the basis of Hydraulics regarding pressure flow in pipes are presented.
Practical classes to solve application problems and also for the phenomenon visualization in didactic stands of laboratory demonstration.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	0,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

According to General Evaluation Rules of FEUP

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Exam (FE) that weighs 100%.
The writing examination (closed book) is 1 hour long. The practical part (open book) is 2 hours long. Usually both cases have the same mark.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to General Evaluation Rules of FEUP

SPECIAL RULES FOR MOBILITY STUDENTS:
Proficiency in Portuguese and/or English;
Previous attendance of introductory graduate courses in the scientific field addressed in this module;
Evaluation by exam and/or coursework(s) defined in accordance with student profile.

Classification improvement

Not applicable

Observations

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Working time estimated out of classes: 3 hours