HYDRAULICS I

Course Code
40501
ECTS Credits
5
Semester
5th Semester
Course Category

Compulsory

Compulsory

Professor

Nikolaos Fourniotis

Course Description

Properties of fluids, natural properties of water, fluid statics, manometers.
Fluid kinematics, stream lines, streak lines, path lines.
Archimedes' principle, water hydrodynamics.
Calculation of pressures and forces on tank walls.
Ideal fluids, real fluids.
The concept of "system" and "control volume".
Basic flow equations: continuity equation, energy equation, momentum equation.
Ideal fluid flow: Euler and Bernoulli equations.
Vorticity and velocity potential, stream function, irrotational flow.
Real fluid flow: Laminar and turbulent flow.
Flow over solid boundary, boundary layer.
Flow in closed conduits: Basic hydraulic equations.
Calculation of energy losses in pipelines: linear losses, local losses, active length.
Energy line and piezometric line.
Pipelines in series, pipelines in parallel, branching pipes to tanks.
Design of closed pipeline systems, hydraulic machines (pumps-hydro turbines).
Dimensional analysis, Buckingham’s theorem, hydraulic similarity.