OVERVIEW

The course will introduce students to understanding the functioning and verification of hydraulic infrastructures for water distribution and urban drainage, including aspects of sustainability and risk management in urban areas.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide students with the theoretical foundations of hydrology and hydraulics necessary to understand the functioning of water distribution (aqueducts) and urban drainage (stormwater drainage network and sewerage) infrastructures. The course will offer a detailed description of urban hydraulic infrastructures using the technical terminology needed to properly interpret the current regulatory framework.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course addresses the following topics:

-              Main features and basic principles of hydrology to calculate the design rainfall and the flow rate within the stormwater drainage network.

-              Basic components to calculate the water demand to design water supply and sewerage systems.

-              Basic hydraulic principles that regulate the water flow in open channels and pressurized conduits

-              Description of the main components of the water supply and urban drainage infrastructures and basic principles for their design and verification

By the end of the course, students will be familiar with the components of such infrastructures and the basic principles for their design, they will be able to interpret and evaluate the design of hydraulic infrastructure within the Italian regulatory framework and current design criteria, as well as identify potential issues within the existing infrastructure. The students will learn the specific terminology, enabling them to communicate with technicians to express any limitations and requirements regarding the projects to be examined or proposed. Student will develop critical analysis skills that will allow to properly address the various technical problems related to the management of water resources in urban areas.

PREREQUISITES

Basic knowledge of mathematics and physics.

TEACHING METHODS

The course is organized in frontal lectures and exercises.

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Federico Scarpa (federico.scarpa@unige.it), the Polytechnic School's disability liaison.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course is organised in two parts:

1. Water supply systems

• Assessment of the demand of water supply
• Intake, diversion, storage, and conveyance infrastructures
• Water distribution networks
• Selection and sizing of pipelines

2. Urban drainage systems

• Overview of legislation related to stormwater management
• Design techniques for urban drainage systems: construction methods for sewer system, and separated and combined urban drainage networks
• Methods for analysis and verification of drainage networks in urban areas

The understanding of the contents will be supported by the introduction of insights into basic hydrology and hydraulics, covering the following concepts:

• Watershed hydrology and water balance
• Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves, design rainfall
• Basic equations of steady-state hydraulic flow
• Pressurized and open channel flows

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

The course material is available on Aulaweb.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam is in written form and consists of a close ended questions test on all contents of the course and two exercises for the design and/or verification of two components of urban hydraulic infrastructures. The grade of the written exam must be >= 18/30 to be considered sufficient.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The written test will be evaluated based on the number of correct answers and the score associated to each question. The exercises on the design/verification of the two components of the hydraulic infrastructure will be evaluated based on the correctness of the obtained results.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Federico Scarpa (federico.scarpa@unige.it), the Polytechnic School's disability liaison.

For any further information, please visit the page Aulaweb of the course (https://aulaweb.unige.it)