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CODE 66282
ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ICAR/01
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
SEMESTER 2° Semester
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

Introductory course on fluid mechanics.

AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course objective is to provide  the students the basic knowledge on the motion of fluids and tools for the design and verification of simple hydraulic plants. Morover  more complex fluid problems will be adressed by using simplified models.

TEACHING METHODS

frontal lectures

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Fundamentals:

The Continuum assumption. Physical properties. Forces acting on a fluid. Pressure and stress in fluids. State equation.

Nonflowing fluids:

Stress in a fluid at rest. Integral and differential equations for a fluid at rest. Pressure distribution in a constant density fluid and in an ideal gas subject to gravity. Pressure forces on plane surfaces. Pressure forces on curved surfaces. Pressure variation across interfaces. Surface tension.

 

Kinematics of fluids

Eulerian and Lagrangian description of the flow. Material derivative. Velocity and acceleration. Transport Theorem.


Fluid Dynamics

Stress in a moving fluid. Mass conservation principle and its integral formulation. Momentum principle and its integral formulation. Integral formulation of the angular momentum law. Applications of the integral formulation of fluid flow (Force of a jet on a surface, Borda losses, forces of a Pelton blade). Ideal fluids and Bernoulli theorem with applications ( efflux through a hole in the side of a tank, stagnation pressure, Pitot tube)

Quasi-unidirectional incompressible flow

Characteristic quantities (averaged velocity, discharge, The Piezometric Head, Kinetic Head, Total Head). Continuity equation. Momentum equation. Steady uncompressible flow in circular ducts. Bernoulli Theorem. Flow measurements devices (Venturi meter, thin plate orifice, flow nozzle). Fundamentals on hydraulics networks.

Dimensional Analysis, model testing and similitude

Dimensional analysis and Pi theorem. Applications (drag and lift on a body moving in a fluid).Model testing and similitude

Fundamentals on boundary layer

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

  1. Teacher's lectures notes(in italian)

  2. Marchi – Rubatta: Meccanica dei fluidi: principi ed applicazioni idrauliche, UTET 1981

  3. Ghetti: Idraulica Libreria Cortina. Padova 1980

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

PAOLO BLONDEAUX (President)

MARCO LEPIDI (President)

GIOVANNA VITTORI (President)

GIOVANNI BESIO

FRANCESCO ENRILE

GIUSEPPE PICCARDO

GAETANO PORCILE

RODOLFO REPETTO

NICOLETTA TAMBRONI

FEDERICA TUBINO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

September 19th

Class schedule

HYDRODYNAMICS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

written exam and oral interview

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
17/01/2018 08:30 GENOVA Compitino
17/01/2018 08:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
07/02/2018 08:30 GENOVA Compitino
07/02/2018 08:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
06/06/2018 08:30 GENOVA Compitino
06/06/2018 08:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
21/06/2018 08:30 GENOVA Compitino
21/06/2018 08:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
04/07/2018 08:30 GENOVA Compitino
04/07/2018 08:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
18/07/2018 08:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
03/09/2018 08:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale