hydraulics-students.docx

Course Title

: Hydraulics 3U

Credit Unit

: 2 Lectures and 1 Laboratory

Pre-Requisite

: Fluid Mechanics 3U

Co-Requisite

: None

Course Outline:

1. Hoop Tension in Circular Pipes and Tanks a.

Tangential Stress

b. Longitudinal Stress c.

Spacing of Hoops

2. Fundamental Flow of Fluid a.

Principle of Continuity

b. Mass Flow Rate, Volume Volume Flow Rate, Weight Flow Rate c.

Bernoulli’s Equation

3. Water Flow in Pipes a.

Minor and Major Headlosses in Pipes

b. Pipeline with Pumps and Turbines c.

Branching Pipes

d. Pipe Networks 4. Water Hammer a.

Water hammer for rigid and rigid pipes

b. Celerity 5. Open Channel Flow a.

Open Channel Steady Uniform Flow Formulas

b. Most Economical and Efficient Sections c.

Specific Energy Channels

d. Weirs e.

Critical Velocity, Subcritical an Supercritical Flows

f.

Equations of gradually varying flow Conditions

g.

Water surface profiles

h. Hydraulic Jump Condition 6. Hydrodynamics a.

Dams and Spillways

b. Bent pipes c.

Drag and Lift

Reference Book: Hydraulics

Author: Ruben dela Fuente, Ma. Trinidan de la Rosa, Pedro Templo