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| GCIV2034-1 | Free surface flow
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 28h Pr, 1d FW, 2h Labo., 10h Proj. |
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| Lecturer : | Michel Pirotton |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| This course is in the continuity of the lectures in Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics given to the civil engineer students. From the Navier Stokes equations, it uses the free surface properties to set a single mathematical formalism applicable to continuous and discontinuous flows encounter on the rain drop trip which touches the ground surface and get to the see through the hydrographic network.
The course tackled in particular the notions of hydrology, empirical and modern friction laws, critical and uniform water depths, shape and calculation of backwater curves, energy, hydraulic jump and calculation of the flows over weirs and below gates, everything for man-made and natural cross sections. It also makes the link between free surface and under pressure flows, highlights the specificities of free surface flows and proposes a single approach to continuous and discontinuous flows.
It gives thus the whole of the elements useful to compute the flows over hydraulic structures and the related solicitations. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the course, students will be able to adequately apply to free surface hydraulics the principles studied in the lectures of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics and to tackle in a single and critical way the notions of hydrology and of free surface hydrodynamics, avoiding the traditional separation between continuous and discontinuous flows.
In addition to the ex cathedra lectures giving the theory and the essential basic equations, these goals are met through guided practical reflection works, based on real cases, as well as through a laboratory visit. By writing reports, the students will develop their self learning skills as well as their ability to structure and summarize their work.
An attractive and exhaustive course support judiciously completes the informations given to the students. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Basic notions in fluid mechanics |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course lies on ex-cathedra lectures and obligatory and marked guided exercises. Two more important exercices request the writing of an individual report. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course is made of sessions with a theoretical ex cathedra lecture and a practical part consisting in a guided exercise and the redaction of an individual report at the end of the session or after several thematic sessions. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Complete typed out notes are available |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Handling in practical works reports is obligatory and leads to an individual mark.
A non exempting examination is organized on the theoretical and practical matters related to the continuous flows.
A written examination is organized for the whole of the course during the January or September examination period. It counts for a theoretical and exercises parts.
The theoretical examinations are organized without any support while the practical examinations can be solved using the course support.
The final mark results from a balance between the partial marks. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Professeur Michel Pirotton
Hydraulics in environmental and civil engineering (HECE)
Institut de Mécanique et de Génie Civil, Bât. B52/3
Chemin des Chevreuils, 1
B-4000 Liège
Tél. : 04/366.95.36
email: Michel.Pirotton@ulg.ac.be
http://www.hach.ulg.ac.be |
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