Hydraulics I

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Physics and Continuum Mechanics.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical classes with exposition and demonstration of basic concepts, often using audiovisual media and visits to the Water Resources and Environment Hydraulics Laboratory of the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Coimbra.

Theoretical-practical classes where students solve exercises of a more applied character, with greater volume of computations and perform, in group, laboratory experiments that are later object of a report.

Learning Outcomes

The curricular unit of Hydraulics I intends to introduce the students to fundamental concepts hydraulics. It marks the beginning of a process, complemented by further hydraulics curricular units, which aims to empower students with a solid knowledge base necessary for analyzing and understanding hydraulic phenomena.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Dimensional analysis. Physical properties of fluids. Hydrostatic. Bernoulli equation for real fluids. Localized and continuous head losses. Laws of resistance for viscous flow in ducts. Steady and unsteady under pressure flows. Similarity theory. Turbomachinery.

Head Lecturer(s)

José Manuel de Eça Guimarães de Abreu

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 20.0%
Exam: 80.0%

Bibliography

[1] Lencastre, A. - “Hidráulica Geral”, Hidroprojecto, Lisboa, 1983.

[2] Manzanares A. - “Hidráulica Geral”, TÉCNICA A.E.I.S.T., Lisboa, 1980.

[3] Massey, B. ; Mecânica dos Fluidos, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 2002.

[4] Novais-Barbosa, J. - “Mecânica dos Fluídos e Hidráulica Geral”, Porto Editora, Porto, 1985, Lisboa, 1983.

[5] Oliveira L. A. e A. G. Lopes (2016) – "Mecânica dos Fluidos" (5ª ed.).ETEP - LIDEL.

[6] Quintela, A. - “Hidráulica”, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 1981.

[7] White, F. M. (2016) Fluid Mechanics (8th ed). McGraw-Hill Education, New York. (também disponíveis edições em Português).

[8] Yunus A. Çengel, John M. Cimbala, Mecânica dos Fluídos – Fundamentos e Aplicações, McGraw-Hill , 2007.