Hydraulics - Advanced Course

Fluid properties. Flow regimes. Flow resistance.

Basic concepts and methods. Conservation of mass, momentum and energy.

Features, parameters, measurements. Turbulence models for CFD.

Laboratory experiments. Dimensional analysis. Theory of model similitude.

Rapidly varied flows (surges) and gradually varied flows. St Venant equations.

Pressure surge, surge control.

Velocity distribution in pipe and channel.

Drag and lift on solid body. Particle settling velocity. Properties of solids-liquid mixture. Classification of solid-liquid flow.

Rheology and rheological parameters. Energy loss in laminar flow and in turbulent flow of non-Newtonians.

Characteristics of centrifugal pumps and characteristics of pipelines. Pumps in parallel and in series. Pumping of mixtures.