Study Programmes 2015-2016
HYDR0012-1  
Transmission and distribution of fluid
Duration :
12h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS)2
Lecturer :
Sarah Garré
Language(s) of instruction :
English language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
  • Pipe and reservoir networks
  • Pressurized flow
  • Hydraulic equipment (pumps, flow measurement, ...)
  • Basic principles of open-channel flow
  • Uniform flow
  • Gradually varied flow
  • Hydraulic jump
Learning outcomes of the course :
(1) To confer the competences necessary to understand and regulate fluid transport in pipe networks.
(2) To teach the principles governing open channel flow
After following this course, students should be able to
  • Design and regulate pipe flow or open channel flow networks with/without reservoirs and hydraulic equipment such as pumps, valves, ...
  • Compute the volume flow rate delivered by a channel as a function of its water depth.
  • Identify and design modifications necessary to improve the fluid transport capacity of a channel.
  • Calculate the evolution of water depth over the whole length of a channel.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
  • General mathematics (1st and 2nd part)
  • General physics
  • Mechanics
  • Applied fluid mechanics
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Lectures: 14h Exercises: 10h
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face to face
Recommended or required readings :
  • Applied fluid mechanics (7e) (2014) Mott & Untener - Pearson [Chapter 6-15]
  • Open channel hydraulics (2009) Chow - The Blackburn Press [Chapter 1-12]
  • The course slides will be available on eCampus.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Oral + written exam (20+50%) Personal report (30%)
The exam will be written, but during the exam, an oral test will be done in which the student will elaborate on a question concerning basic concepts learned during the course.
The quality of the english of the oral response will count for the evaluation in the framework of the course LANG2957-1 "Pratique de l'anglais de spécialité en Sciences et Technologies de l'environnement : partie 2".
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
  • Presence during exercises is obligatory.
  • This is a hybrid course, which means that your English skills should be trained during the course. All course material (slides, reference books, exercices) will be in English. Please interact as much as possible during the course, so that you can train your active, oral skills for the exam.
 
Contacts :
Prof. Sarah Garré Passage des Déportés 2 (Building 2) BE-5030 Gembloux +32 (0)81.62.21.62 sarah.garre@ulg.ac.be
Sophie Maloteau (assistant) sophie.maloteau@ulg.ac.be