Hidráulica Geral

To give students knowledge in the areas of dimensional analysis, hydrostatics, pressure flows, characteristics and selection of pumps and turbines, flows through orifices and weirs and free-surface flows. At the end of the curricular unit students should have the following abilities:

• Expertise in the computation of hydrostatic forces acting on different surfaces.

• Expertise in the fundamental concepts of hydro-kinematics and hydrodynamics (pressures, mean velocities,

forces, stresses and energy balances).

• Expertise in the hydraulic computation of steady flows in conduits under pressure.

• Comprehension of the basic concepts of unsteady flows under pressure (water hammer and mass oscillation).

• Comprehension and choice over functioning of pumps and turbines.

• Expertise in the determination of orifices and weirs flow capacity.

• Expertise in the computation of free-surface profiles in steady flows on fixed bed open channels.