Electrical Engineering

The fluid as a continuous deformable medium. Kinematics. Eulerian and Lagrangian description of motion. Local derivative and material derivative. Reynonds transport theorem. Principle of conservation of mass. Continuity equation. Dynamic. Momentum balance principle. Global equation of motion. Stress tensor. Constitutive equation for Newtonian fluids. Navier-Stokes equation. Mechanical energy equation for incompressible fluids. Bernoulli's theorem. Hydrostatic. Hydrostatic on flat walls. Incompressible and stationary unidirectional motions. Velocity distribution in a cylindrical duct with circular section (Poiseuille). Distributed pressure drop coefficient (Darcy). Mass and volumetric flow rate. Power of a current. Foronomy. Turbulence in incompressible fluids. Reynolds equation. Turbulence closures. Turbulent boundary layer on rough wall. Logarithmic law of velocity. Cylindrical flows in the stationary case. Distributed pressure drop coefficient. Nikuradse diagram. Colebrook's formula and Moody's abacus. Practical formulas (Darcy). Localized pressure drops. Borda equation. Problems in long pressure pipelines. Lifting systems. Transients in hydroelectric plants. The equations of varied motion for quasi-cylindrical currents. Mass oscillations and elastic waves.

Differential equations, vector algebra, key competencies of Physics

Teacher's notes

The presence during the lessons is strongly recommended

A written test will be taken and subsequently (if the result of the written test is satisfactory), the oral test.

40 hours of theoretical issues + 20 hours of practical applications concerning the design of simple pipe systems