Fluid properties. Hydrostatic pressure. The continuity, energy and momentum principles.
Flow in pipes: friction and local losses, systems with pipes and reservoirs
Open channel flow: uniform and non uniform flow, critical flow
Flow measurement, discharge over weirs
Ground water flow: Darcy´s law, hydraulics of wells
The hydrological cycle
Pecipitation, evaporation, infiltration
Surface water: direct runoff, steamflow hydrographs, the unit hydrograph
Hydrologic statistics: frequency analysis, hydrologic design
The overall aim of the course is to give i) an introduction to basic principles and theories and computational ability in fluid mechanics ii) fundamental knowledge about the processes in the hydrologic cycle. After the course you should be able to:
-Describe and explain the basic concepts in in fluid mechanics
-Solve problems dealing with hydrostatic pressure, flow in pipes and open channels and ground water flow
-Describe and explain the processes in the hydrologic cycle and the influence
of the climate
-Solve problems dealing with water balance, evapotranspiration, surface runoff, hydrographs and statistical methods
