Project of Hydraulics, Water Resources and Environment

Recommended Prerequisites

Numerical Analysis, Hydraulics, Hydrology.

Teaching Methods

Lectures of theoretical exposition, presentation and discussion of examples of practical application, problem solving, autonomous resolution. Orientation classes for the realisation of the project.

Learning Outcomes

Transmit the concepts and practices of Design, Planning, Operation and Management of Water Supply and Drainage.

Hydrological and hydraulical assessment and analysis of water resources availability.

Use of modern design computational tools, as well as methods and mechanisms for remote measurement, management and control.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Analysis, in working groups, of specific problems related to Hydraulic Engineering, namely Urban Hydraulics and evaluation of Water availability and potential uses.

Technical, economic and environmental sustainability in Urban Hydraulics infrastructures. Legal and Normative Framework. Urban Water Supply Systems (dynamic modelling, quality modelling, modelling, calibration). Urban Wastewater and Stormwater Drainage Systems (modelling and analysis of free surface flow, wastewater system installations).

Assessment of water availability and potential uses through hydrological analysis of a region.

Realization of a project work.

Head Lecturer(s)

José Alfeu Almeida de Sá Marques

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Project: 100.0%

Bibliography

SÁ MARQUES, Alfeu; SOUSA, Joaquim, 2018 - HIDRÁULICA URBANA – Sistemas de Abastecimento de Água e de Drenagem de Águas Residuais, 4ª Edição, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, ISBN 9789892616094

David Butler, Christopher James Digman, Christos Makropoulos, John W. Davie, Urban Drainage, 4th Edition, CRC Press, 2018.

Decreto Regulamentar nº23/95 de 23 de Agosto. Regulamento Geral dos Sistemas Públicos e Prediais de Distribuição de Águas e de Drenagem de Águas.

João Reis Hipólito e Álvaro Carmo Vaz, Hidrologia e Recursos Hídricos, IST Press, 2011