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Hydraulics and Hydrology (K),(V)
FAST-BR051Acad. year: 2017/2018
Basics of fluid statics – properties of fluids, pressure in a fluid at rest, hydrostatic forces on plain and curved surface, floatation
Basics of hydrodynamics, water flow in pressure pipeline systems.
Flow in systems with a free surface, in open channels and flow over hydraulic structures.
New finding in hydraulics of water structures.
Basics of groundwater flow, wells, collection galleries.
Basics in hydrology, water balance, precipitation, evaporation, surface runoff from watershed and its analysis, maximum and minimum discharges, M-day and N-year discharges.
Students will take the course partly in computational and laboratory exercises.
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2nd Hydrodynamics, continuity and momentum equation, Bernoulli equation, application of impulse theorem.
3rd Water flow in pressure pipeline systems, laminar and turbulent flow.
4th Calculation of hydraulic long and short pipes and combined pipes. Inverted siphon, sucker, pump design.
5th Steady uniform flow with free surface in open channels.
6th Energetic head of profile. Critical flow. Supercritical and subcritical flow.
7th Overflow of water on overfalls. Orifice discharge and overfalls with reservoirs.
8th Hydraulic jump with bottom regime. Connection of water surface of two pools, design of rectangle stilling basin.
9th Hydraulic computation of typical communication objects, bridges and culverts.
10th Basics of groundwater flow (Darcy’s formula, filtration velocity, filtration coefficient, Dupuit theorem, groundwater flow in surrounding of a well)
11th Hydrology: occurrence of water and water cycle, hydrological balance, definition and characteristics of watershed, precipitation, evaporation, measurement of hydrological variables.
12th Surface runoff from watershed and its determination. Flow regimes in open channels. Maximum and minimum discharges, m-day and N-year discharges, winter regime, influence on runoff regime, influence of reservoirs on regulation of outflow from watershed, etc.
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