Hydraulics

General Data
Academic program	ECAM ENGINEERING PROGRAM			:
Type d'EC	Classes
Lectures : 8h00 Tutorials : 12h00 Total duration : 70h00	Status :	Period : Semester 6	Education language : English

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the students will: - Acquire technical vocabulary related to hydraulic networks, pumps, turbines and waterhammer effects - Acquire basic concepts of hydraulic networks (minor and major losses) - Ability to choose the appropriate pump family (use of speed velocity) and the adequate pump - Acquire basic concepts of waterhammer and pressure transients - Understand the basics of fluid power transmission in mobile equipment.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the students will:
- Acquire technical vocabulary related to hydraulic networks, pumps, turbines and waterhammer effects
- Acquire basic concepts of hydraulic networks (minor and major losses)
- Ability to choose the appropriate pump family (use of speed velocity) and the adequate pump
- Acquire basic concepts of waterhammer and pressure transients
- Understand the basics of fluid power transmission in mobile equipment.

Content
- Minor (/ local) and major (/ friction) head losses formulations for viscous flows - Presentation of head losses adding (/ coupling) laws: series coupling and parallel coupling head losses – Presentation of Electrical analogy and drawing of network characteristic curve - Study of hydraulic networks and sizing of pumping systems and hydroelectric energy setups. Implementations of Generalized Bernoulli equation – Duty/operation point concept: selection of a pumping system adapted to a required flow rate in an existing hydraulic network - Pump curve, Affinity laws, parallel and series operation - Modification of the operating point - NPSH and cavitation (available and required NPSH) - Basics of Fluid power: generation, distribution, deployment, and regulation systems

Content

- Minor (/ local) and major (/ friction) head losses formulations for viscous flows
- Presentation of head losses adding (/ coupling) laws: series coupling and parallel coupling head losses – Presentation of Electrical analogy and drawing of network characteristic curve
- Study of hydraulic networks and sizing of pumping systems and hydroelectric energy setups. Implementations of Generalized Bernoulli equation – Duty/operation point concept: selection of a pumping system adapted to a required flow rate in an existing hydraulic network
- Pump curve, Affinity laws, parallel and series operation
- Modification of the operating point
- NPSH and cavitation (available and required NPSH)
- Basics of Fluid power: generation, distribution, deployment, and regulation systems

Pre-requisites / co-requisites
Fluid Mechanics

Bibliography
- "Introduction to Fluid Mechanics" – 6th edition - Edition Wiley (2004) - R. W. Fox, A. T. McDonald, P. J. Pritchard - “Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications” - McGraw-Hill College (2017) - Yunus Çengel, John M. Cimbala

Assessment(s)
N°	Nature	Coefficient	Observable objectives
1	Midterm	30	Continuous Assessment
2	Final	70	Written exam