LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course provides the basics of fluid streams motion and the tools for the design and verification of simple hydraulic systems

Teaching methods

Lectures and practice

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Fluid definition and its properties, the continuous fluid. Pressure in fluids at rest, statics cardinal equations, Fluid statics: hydrostatic force on plane and curved surfaces. Tension state in a fluid in motion, the stress tensor. Dimensional analysis and Buckingham theorem. Description of fluid motion and the principles of fluid mechanics. The stream flows: definition and characteristics. Conservation of mass and momentum in the global form. Conservation of mass and momentum of a stream. Pipe flows. Moody diagram, minor and frictional head losses in a system. Problems with some simple systems. Ideal fluid scheme and Bernoulli's theorem. Hints of hydraulic machines.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Marchi E.., Rubatta A. , Meccanica dei Fluidi, UTET

Exam Board

LUISA PAGNINI (President)

MARIA LAURA POLETTI

ANDREA ORLANDO

SARA FRUMENTO

GIORGIO BONI

LUCA FERRARIS (President Substitute)

Teaching methods

Lectures and practice

Exam description

The exam includes a written and an oral test. During the course there are tests which allow, if passed, direct access to the oral test.

Exam schedule