421-320 Applied Hydraulics

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At the conclusion of this subject, students will be capable of solving a wide range of common applied hydraulic problems relating to:

• steady and unsteady flow pipe networks;

• pumps and pumping systems;

• open channel flow situations, and

• flow measurement.

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Numerical analyses of steady flow in pipes networks (including pipes in parallel and series, Hardy-Cross analysis). Numerical analysis of unsteady flow in pipe networks (including water hammer and mass surge phenomena, pressure transient mitigation). Pumps and pumping systems (including pump characteristics, cavitation, pump selection, pumps in parallel and series, matching systems characteristics). Open channel flow (including energy and momentum principles, critical depth, shooting and tranquil flows, steep and mild slopes, gradually-varied flow, numerical computation of water surface profiles, control sections, the discharge problem). Flow measurement using differential head meters, weirs, electromagnetic flowmeters and ultrasonic flow meters.

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