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Introduction to Practical Hydraulics
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- 14 October 2013
(5 days)
Introduction to Practical Hydraulics
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This course is a simple and accessible introduction to hydraulics and how it can be used to solve environmental engineering problems, such as sewer design and pump selection.
A sound grasp of practical hydraulics has always been useful for those working in the water industry, but a new realisation of the need to be very careful with energy costs has reinforced the need for this understanding. All those entering the industry should be aware of the precepts of sound hydraulic design without neccesarily being highly skilled hydraulic engineers. However, many people are now entering the industry who do not have a traditional engineering training. Many of these individuals are unaware of, and even intimidated by, the kinds of hydraulics that they would find extremely useful. This course is an accessible and practical introduction to the area. It introduces to the founding concepts of hydraulics and shows how they can be applied to problems in drainage, sewer design, water supply and the specification of pumps. A brief glance into more advanced aspects such as computational fluid dynamics will also be offered.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, delegates will understand:
- the governing precepts of hydraulics, and have an awareness of the more advanced tools applicable to hydraulic design in the water sector;
- the relationships between hydraulic factors in environmental systems and energy consumption.
Delegates will also be able to:
- perform simple calculations related to hydraulic flow, pressure and energy as they pertain to transmission in water and waste systems;
- design simple pipe and open channel systems and to be able to select and operate pumps correctly.
Course Outline
- Conceptual basics: Statics, the conservation of mass and energy (Bernoulli's equation), ideal and non-ideal flow Reynolds number.
- Pipe Flow: Empirical and theoretical equations, simple pipes, branched networks, circular networks, flow measurement.
- Open channel flow; Manning's equation and transport of solids, the design of simple sewers and drainage networks and flow measurement.
- Pumps: pump types, optimal selection and management.
- An introduction to contemporary tools in hydraulic, network optimisation, and computational fluid dynamics.
Who is the course aimed at?
The course is suitable for those with no prior exposure to the field, and a refresher for those who have studied hydraulics, but have not had much experience of simple hydraulic problem solving.
Presenters
School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
- Prof Tom Curtis (Course Leader)
- Dr James Bathurst
- Prof David Graham
Fees
- Introduction to Practical Hydraulics
- £1125.00
We offer a 30 percent discount on this course to full time students and to Newcastle University staff.
The course fee includes tuition, course materials, lunch and refreshments.
Formal assessment may be available for this Course. Assessment attracts an additional fee of £275.00, and delegates will be issued with a transcript and Certificate of Credit Achieved.
Owing to visa restrictions the assessment option is not available to international students outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Academic Module Outline
This course is also delivered as a Module (code CEG8102) on at least one of the School's Masters programmes, the majority of which can be studied part time, making them suitable for those in employment. Delegates will attend with full and part time registered students. The Academic Module Outline is available via the University's Module Catalogue.