Urban hydraulic systems
Summary
Sustainable freshwater and urban drainage system are considered. Fresh water: capture, reservoir and net. Drainage: hydrology, sponge city, individual conduit and manhole hydraulics. The integral rain water management and the legal frame are further key elements
Content
General introduction to urban hydraulics
- Legal and conceptual aspects, including common concepts of freshwater and wastewater nets
- Sustainable design respecting the natural water cycle and reducing the pollution outfall
- Approaches to reduce the runoff generation, via evapotranspiration and infiltration (sponge city)
- Design bases related to fresh water consumption, storm water and dry-weather discharge in sewer
- Introduction to flood retention with hydraulic design of components
- Overview on literature and activities of competent organizations
Focus on fresh water
- Systems with consumption and production, with measures to reduce both
- Capture
- Reservoirs
- Supply net hydraulics
Focus on wastewater hydraulics
- Hydraulic design of sewer conduit
- Standard manhole
- Special manhole: Drop and junction, sewer side weir and bottom opening
Keywords
Sustainability, Urba water, Sewer, Hydraulics, Urban drainage, Fresh water
Learning Prerequisites
Required courses
Fluid mechanics
Recommended courses
Hydraulic structures and schemes
Important concepts to start the course
Basic physics and hydraulics
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Describe the objectives of urban hydraulic systems
- Analyze the legal environment of urban hydraulic networks
- Assess / Evaluate the sewer types and existing systems
- Elaborate relevant discharges
- Characterize fresh water supply nets, captures and reservoirs
- Design sewer pipes considering all related phenomena
- Estimate the hydraulically correct dimensions of manholes
- Compose urban hydraulic nets out of the relevant elements
Transversal skills
- Set objectives and design an action plan to reach those objectives.
- Respect relevant legal guidelines and ethical codes for the profession.
- Take responsibility for environmental impacts of her/ his actions and decisions.
- Make an oral presentation.
Teaching methods
Course with exercices, examples, and presentations
Expected student activities
To read literature and book chapters, to present results
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Supervision
| Office hours | No |
| Assistants | No |
| Forum | No |
Resources
Bibliography
Is provided at course begin
Notes/Handbook
Slides and Books
Moodle Link
In the programs
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: Oral (summer session)
- Subject examined: Urban hydraulic systems
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: Oral (summer session)
- Subject examined: Urban hydraulic systems
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: Oral (summer session)
- Subject examined: Urban hydraulic systems
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: Oral (summer session)
- Subject examined: Urban hydraulic systems
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: Oral (summer session)
- Subject examined: Urban hydraulic systems
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional