UNIVERSITY OF QUERETARO

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

CIVIL ENGINEERING AREA

Course: HYDRAULICS I

Course Code: 752

Semester: 5
Duration: 18 weeks
Hours/week: 3
Credits: 9

Requirements
Course Course Code
Physics
Fluid Mechanics

GENERAL COMPETENCIES OF THE COURSE:

The student applies basic principles and practical knowledge on basic hydraulics,
including hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, flow enclosed conduits and hydraulics
modeling.

UNITS

Unit Description
1 BASIC CONCEPTS
2 HYDROSTATICS (WATER AT REST)
3 HYDRODYNAMICS (WATER FLOW)
4 ORIFICES AND GATES
5 PIPES
6 PUMPS
7 THEORY OF PHYSICAL MODELING

PROFESSOR: Dr. Eusebio Ventura Ramos, Jr.

GRADING:
Partial Exams: 1/3 each 60%
Homework: 20%
Lab: 20%

SCHEDULE: Monday 7:00-9:00 hrs. and Thursday 7:00-8:00 hrs.

1. SOME BASIC CONCEPTS
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Units and dimensions
1.3. Friction
1.4. Mass and weight
1.5. Scalar and vector quantities
1.6. Work, energy, and power
1.7. Momentum
1.8. Properties of water
Density
Relative density or specific gravity
Viscosity
Dynamic
Kinematic
Surface tension
Compressibility

2. HYDROSTATICS (WATER AT REST)

2.1. Pressure
Force and pressure difference
Pressure and depth
Pressure in all directions
Hydrostatic paradox
Pressure head
Atmospheric pressure
Mercury barometer
2.2. Measuring pressure
Gauge and absolute pressure
Bourdon gauges
Piezometers
Manometers
2.3. Designing dams
2.4. Forces on sluice gates (plane surfaces)
2.5. Buoyancy (Flotation)
Archimedes principle
The crown of the king
Floating objects
2.6. Forces on curved surfaces

3. HYDRODYNAMICS (WATER FLOW)

3.1. Introduction
3.2. Experimentation and theory
3.3. Basic tools
3.4. Discharge and continuity
3.5. Energy
Pressure energy
Kinetic energy
 Potential energy
Total energy
Bernoullis equation
Applications
Pressure and elevation changes
Velocity measurements
Orifices
Pressure and velocity changes in a pipe
Venturi meters
Siphons
Measuring devices in hydraulics
Specific Energy
Critical Flow
3.6. Momentum
3.7. Real fluids
Energy losses
Boundary layers
Cavitation
Drag forces

4. ORIFICES AND GATES

4.1. Orifices
Sharp-edged
Round-edged
4.2. Gates
Free flow
Drowned flow

5. PIPES
5.1. Introduction
A typical problem to illustrate
5.2. How to link energy loss and pipe size
Laminar and turbulent flow
The Reynolds experiment
Darcy-Weisbach equation
5.3. Other friction formulas
Mannings
Hazen-Williams
Chezy
5.4. The friction factor
Smooth and rough pipes
Moodys diagram
5.5. Hydraulic gradient
5.6. Local and minor losses
5.7. Selection of pipe sizes
5.8. System of pipes
Parallel pipes
 Pipe networks
5.9. Momentum in pipes
5.10. Water hammer
5.11. Surge

6. PUMPS
6.1. Types of pumps
6.2. Pumping pressure
6.3. Energy for pumping
6.4. Power for pumping
6.5. Efficiency

7. THEORY OF PHYSICAL MODELING

7.1. Dimensional analysis
7.2. Similarity
Geometric
Dynamic
Kinematic
7.3. Reynolds Law
7.4. Froude Law

SOFTWARE:
Excel
EPANET

TEXTBOOK:

Kay, M. 2008. Practical Hydraulics. 2nd Edition. Taylor & Francis. New York,
USA. 122 pp.