Course aims:

 Delivering theoretical and methodological basic notions related to hydraulic systems and water pipeline networks;
 Students customisation to the specific terminology used in Hydraulics;
 Presenting general calculation and modelling methods of laminar and turbulent pipe flows in hydraulic systems;
Explaining general methodology for analyzing water pollution issues
Presenting technical and technological applications regarding water supply on local and regional level

Course Entry Requirements:

Physics, Mathematics, Fluid Mechanics

Course contents:

 Introduction, goals and objectives of this course;  Physical properties of liquids;  Pressure variation in liquid flow;  Ideal liquid flow, without pressure losses;  Pressure losses in pipeline networks;  Real liquid flow, with pressure losses;  Laminar pipe flow with pressure losses ;  Pipe flows without and with pressure losses;  Turbulent pipe flow with pressure losses;  Diagram of Nikuradse for laminar and turbulent pipeline flows;  Steady-state flow in pipeline networks;  Types of pipeline networks;  Main principles for designing pipeline networks  Conclusions regarding the relevance of hydraulics in environmental engineering

Teaching methods:

Giving lectures, presenting real case studies, explaining industrial processes based on fluids, conversation, exemplification.

Learning outcomes:

 usage of basic hydraulic notions in solving environmental pollution problems;  gaining basic notions for further analysing and designing pipeline networks, especially for water supply;  good expertise retrieval and systematic knowledge on the basis of deeper insights within the study of environmental pollution and protection subjects.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Oral examination – 60%; continuous assessment by preparing reports and delivering results of practical work in the laboratory – 25%; implication in solving problems during seminars – 15 %

Recommended reading:

• Tulbure, I.: Hydraulics, Lecture slides, UAB, 2018
• Tulbure, I.: Mecanica fluidelor. Didactica, University ”1 Decembrie 1918” Alba Iulia, 2014
• Cioc, D., Hidraulica, Editura Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti 1983
• Iamandi, C., ş.a., Hidraulica instalaţiilor, Editura Tehnică, Bucureşti 2002
• Jischa, M., F.: Konvektiver Impuls-, Wärme- und Stoffaustausch. Vieweg. Braunschweig, Germany, 1982.