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2025/2026

Hydraulics

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Code Completion Credits Range Language
141HYA Z,ZK 5 2P+2C Czech
Relations:
The course 141HY2V can be graded only after the course 141HYA has been successfully completed.
The course 142PJV2 can be graded only after the course 141HYA has been successfully completed.
The course 140PJZ1 can be graded only after the course 141HYA has been successfully completed.
The course 141PJZ1 can be graded only after the course 141HYA has been successfully completed.
The course 142PJZ1 can be graded only after the course 141HYA has been successfully completed.
The course 143PJZ1 can be graded only after the course 141HYA has been successfully completed.
In order to register for course 141HY2V, the student must have registered for course 141HY2V in a previous semester or in the same semester.
In order to register for course 142PJV2, the student must have registered for course 142PJV2 in a previous semester or in the same semester.
The course 141HYA2 can be graded only after the course 141HYA has been successfully completed.
In order to register for course 141HYA2, the student must have registered for course 141HYA2 in a previous semester or in the same semester.
The course 141PVTS can be graded only after the course 141HYA has been successfully completed.
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Department of Hydraulics and Hydrology
Synopsis:

A course deals with issues of hydrostatics and hydrodynamics with aiming at civil engineering applications. There are analysed tasks related to hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loading of structures, pipeline flow, open channel flow and groundwater flow.

Requirements:

no prerequisites

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction, Properties of Liquids, Hydrostatics - part 1

2. Hydrostatics - part 2

3. Fundamental Principles of Hydrodynamics

4. Pipe Flow Hydraulics - part 1

5. Pipe Flow Hydraulics - part 2

6. Outflow from Orifice

7. Open Channel Hydraulics - part 1

8. Open Channel Hydraulics - part 2

9. Application of Momentum Equation

10. Hydraulics of Hydraulic Structures on Water Courses

11. Groundwater Hydraulics

12. Discharge Measurements

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction, Physical Properties of Liquids, Hydrostatic Pressure

2. Hydrostatic Force part 1

3. Hydrostatic Force part 2

4. Pipe Flow Hydraulics Ideal Liquid

5. Pipe Flow Hydraulics Real Liquid

6. Hydraulics of Pipeline with Centrifugal Pump

7. Steady Outflow from Orifice

8. Open Channel Hydraulics

9. Application of Momentum Equation

10. Groundwater Hydraulics

11. Laboratory excercise 1

12. Laboratory excercise 2

Study Objective:

Understanding and solving of basic problems connected with behavior of water under static conditions and also under motion.

Study materials:

HAVLÍK, Vladimír, MAREŠOVÁ, Ivana: Hydraulika 11 - příklady. Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha. 2001. ISBN 80-01-01586-6

HAVLÍK, Vladimír, MAREŠOVÁ, Ivana: Hydraulika 20 - příklady. Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha. 2001. ISBN 80-01-02355-9

NALLURI, C., FEATHERSTONE, R. E.: Nalluri & Featherstone's Civil Engineering Hydraulics. Wiley-Blackwell. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4051-6195-4

CHADWICK, A.J., MORFETT, J.C.,BORTHWICK, M.: Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering. CRC Press. 2013. ISBN 978-0-415-67245-0

HAMILL, L.: Understanding Hydraulics. Palgrave/Macmillan. 2011. ISBN 978-0-230-24275-3

Note:
Further information:
https://hydraulika.fsv.cvut.cz/cs/predmety/141HYA
No time-table has been prepared for this course
The course is a part of the following study plans:
Data valid to 2025-03-14
For updated information see http://bilakniha.cvut.cz/en/predmet24300905.html