Hidrology and Urban Hydraulics

Code:

M.EC004

Acronym:

HHU

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Hydraulics

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
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
M.EC	101	Syllabus	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

- A comprehensive training in the major scientific and technical areas of Civil Engineering - Hydraulics and in terms of the characterization and use of water as a primordial element of culture and human life.

 - Transmit and guarantee to all future Masters in Civil Engineering knowledge that will enable them to practice design and operation in the areas of surface water hydrology, management of water resources and urban water supply and wastewater and rainwater drainage systems.

 - Expose and apply to practical examples, the technical, economic and normative criteria for the design, analysis and evaluation and sustainable management of the different components of Water Systems, through the development of general solutions (design and dimensioning) of project and engineering practices.

 - Training for “new” and emerging problems in the field of water management and its use for different purposes related to human life.

 - Presentation of legal and normative aspects framing the construction and operation of Water Systems in their various components (water courses, drainage networks, pipelines, etc.) and corresponding control, storage and rehabilitation infrastructures.

 - General information on hydraulic developments and water treatment.

Learning outcomes and competences

 - Characterize the different aspects of the hydrological cycle and the urban water cycle, their infrastructural components as water systems, relating and integrating them with natural and built systems, associated with the development of the territory, the evolution of knowledge and of technology.

 - Design infrastructure components of water systems, considering development scenarios and potential associated risks.

- Relate the tools involved in the management of water systems, at different levels (functioning, design, operation and compliance with legislation).

- Characterise/frame elements of other aspects of water systems, e.g., hydraulic developments, water quality and treatment, reuse.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

For an adequate frequency of this Curricular Unit, the student must have successfully completed Curricular Units with programmatic contents corresponding to Hydraulics 1 and 2 of the Degree in Civil Engineering (L.EC) of FEUP.

Program

HYDROLOGY

Cycle and Hydrological Balance. Effects of climate change. Water Use Cycle. Water systems. Water uses. Sustainability (hydraulic, environmental, economic and social) of water systems. Circular economy of water.

Characterization of hydrographic basins. Urban basins. Impact of soil impermeabilisation in urban areas. Changes in the hydrological cycle.

Hydro-climatic processes. Precipitations. Types. Measurement. Series. Average precipitation in a hydrographic basin. Type years.

Precipitation-runoff relationship. Flow rates. Discharge curves. Hydrometry. Flow series. Treatment and quality of hydrological data.

Flow rate curves. Flow regularization. Hydraulic developments. Types. Role and associated impacts. Capacity of a reservoir. Evaluation of energy production in a run-of-river plant.

Maximum precipitation. I-D-F curves. Calculation of maximum rainfall for a given return period.

Study of floods. River floods. Flood damping. Estimation of flood flows.

Floods in urban basins. Flood mapping. Vulnerability and risk.

URBAN RAINWATER DRAINAGE (AP)

Design precipitations. Surface drainage. Dimensioning criteria.

Collector networks. Dimensioning criteria. Constructive provisions.

Analysis and dimensioning of Stormwater (AP) drainage systems in urban areas.

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUD). Retention Basins. Green infrastructure and ecological corridors.

Legislation applicable to Urban Drainage and to Planning and Management of Water Resources. Water Law. Environmental restrictions.

WATER SUPPLY (AA)

Urban water supply systems. Constitution and components. Basic sanitation and historical evolution. Situation in Portugal. Management Models. Water for human consumption. Legislation. Quality control, risks and security (PCQA and PSA). Regulation and performance. Current problems – quantity, quality, efficiency, rehabilitation, alternative sources, reuse, sustainability of systems.

Design demand and flow rates. Planning instruments. Water Balance. Losses. Water efficiency.

Sources and water catchments. Type and characteristics.

Adduction. Pipes, materials, regulation and safety devices (BPT, PRV, PSV, etc., mooring and anchoring blocks). Pumping Stations. Water Hammer. Constructive provisions.

Storage tanks. Functions. Types. Tank storage capacity. Measurement, control and security devices. Constructive provisions.

Distribution networks. Constitution. Dimensioning criteria. Modelling. Manouvering and control devices. Hydraulic operation.

DRAINAGE OF WASTEWATER (AIR)

Wastewater drainage network. Design flow rates. Sewers and other organs. Hydraulic design. Operation. Maintenance. Rehabilitation. Emerging problems. Undue inflows.

Wastewater pumping stations (EEAR). Constitution. Types. Dimensioning. Constructive aspects. Septicity issues.

Basic notions of Water Treatment and Wastewater Treatment.

Mandatory literature

A. Lencastre, F.M. Franco; “Lições de Hidrologia”, A. Lencastre, F.M. Franco, 1984, 1984
José Alfeu Almeida de Sá Marques, Joaquim José de Oliveira Sousa; "Hidráulica urbana"; "Hidráulica urbana”, 2018
Francisco Piqueiro, Manuel Pacheco Figueiredo e Paulo Avilez-Valente; Diapositivos e apontamentos de apoio às aulas teóricas e teórico-práticas e disponibilizados no SIGARRA

Complementary Bibliography

Rodrigo Mais e J. Tentúgal Valente; Apontamentos escritos de apoio à UC e disponibilizados no SIGARRA
A. Álvares Ribeiro,; “Hidrologia. Águas Superficiais”, , 1987
.R. Hipólito, A. Carmo Vaz; “Hidrologia e Recursos Hídricos”, , 2011
Vijay P. Singh; “Elementary Hydrology”, 1991
Larry W. Mays; “Water distribution systems handbook”, , 2000
Metcalf & Eddy,; Water and Wastewater Engineering Design Principles and Practice”, 2019
Ministério do Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais)"; "Manual de Saneamento Básico - Volumes 1 e 2 (Ministério do Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais)", 1991, 1991

Teaching methods and learning activities

Exposition of materials in theoretical classes, using different documentation (slides, notes, etc.). Presentation, in theoretical-practical classes, of calculation methodologies and practical problem solving related to the following subjects:

 - hydrological study to analyze the feasibility of a hydraulic exploitation;

 - pluvial drainage of a built-up urban basin (network layout and hydraulic dimensioning of collectors);

 - calculation bases for water supply systems (demographic data, estimation of capitations, daily consumption and peak flows, determination of project flows for the dimensioning of water mains and distribution networks);

 - dimensioning of gravity pipelines (choice of the most adequate hydraulic and structural piping), positioning of maneuvering and safety accessory organs;

 - tank storage capacity, quantification of regularization and emergency reserve volumes;

 - wastewater drainage (calculation bases, network layout and hydraulic dimensioning of sewers).

Study visits.

keywords

Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering > Hydraulic engineering

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	70,00
Teste	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	110,00
Frequência das aulas	52,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Obtaining a final grade requires the attendance to the curricular unit, as established in the assessment rules of the Master's Degree in Civil Engineering (M.EC). It is considered that a student fulfills the attendance to a curricular unit if, having been regularly enrolled, he/she does not exceed the maximum number of absences corresponding to 25% of each of the types of classes provided.

Calculation formula of final grade

The assessment in the Curricular Unit of HYDROLOGY AND URBAN HYDRAULICS is based on a Final Exam (FE) and on two optional Distributed Assessment Tests (PAD1 and PAD2).

EF: test to be taken in the Normal and/or Appeal Seasons, with a theoretical part in Moodle environment, without consultation, and a written practical part, with consultation of the forms provided with the exam statement, with a maximum total duration of 2.0 hours (grade from 0 to 20 values, rounded to the nearest tenth).

Distributed Assessment Tests (optional):

These tests (PAD1 and PAD2) will focus on the subjects taught in theoretical and theoretical-practical classes.

PAD1: Distributed Assessment Test 1, in Moodle environment, to be held in date and time to be announced, with a maximum duration of 1 hour (grade from 0 to 20, rounded to the nearest tenth);

PAD2: Distributed Assessment Test 2, in Moodle environment, to be held in date and time to be announced, with a maximum duration of 1 hour (grade from 0 to 20, rounded to the nearest tenth);

Under the terms of the M.EC Assessment Rules, students are given the option of having part or all of the Distributed Assessment components replaced by the Final Exam. As a result, the FINAL GRADE (CF) is the highest value, rounded to the nearest unit, of those obtained by calculating the following expressions:

CF1 = 0.70 EF + 0.15 PAD1 + 0.15 PAD2

CF2 = 0.85 EF + 0.15 PAD1

CF3 = 0.85 EF + 0.15 PAD2

CF4 = 1.00 EF

this is,

CF = maximum {CF1, CF2, CF3, CF4} (CF rounded to the nearest unit).

Note 1: The Final Exam (EF) covers all the subjects taught.

Note 2: The subjects to be covered by each of the Distributed Assessment Tests will be indicated in due time.

Note 3: ALL Students enrolled in the Curricular Unit are graded according to this method, i.e., students with Special Statutes are also covered by this method of calculating the final classification.

Note 4: For the calculation of the Final Grade (CF) ONLY the tests (EF, PAD1 and PAD2) held in the CURRENT academic year are considered.

Note 5: Students who submit to the Final Exam (EF) for the purpose of Classification Improvement are excluded from this method of calculating the Final Grade (see specific rule). Also excluded from this method of calculating the Final Grade are students with Special Statutes who submit to an exam in a Special Season (see specific rule).

Note 6: Being optional, it is NOT allowed to improve the grades of the Distributed Assessment Tests (see specific rule). For the same reason, THERE ARE NO Distributed Assessment appeal tests for students unable to take these tests on the scheduled dates.

 

 

Examinations or Special Assignments

There are none other than those referred to in "Calculation formula of final grade".

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students with Special Statutes are classified according to the method established in “Calculation formula of final grade”, EXCEPT when they take an exam in a Special Season.

Students with Special Statutes who submit to an exam in the Special Period are assessed in a single moment, which will consist of a test with the characteristics of the Final Exam (EF).

Classification improvement

Students who have already obtained approval can perform CLASSIFICATION IMPROVEMENT, only once, exclusively by Final Exam (EF) to be held in the two Seasons (Normal or Appeal) immediately following the one in which they obtained approval.

As the classification improvement is carried out exclusively by the Final Exam (EF) (classification from 0 to 20 points, rounded to the nearest unit), there is no place to improve the classification of the Distributed Assessment Tests.

The Final Grade in the Course Unit is the highest, between the one that had been obtained initially and the one that results from the improvement in classification made.