The main scope of this course is to provide students with the basic knowledge and develop the fundamental skills of (i) applied hydrology for water resources and flood risk management, and (ii) water supply systems design.
Hydraulic Infrastructures belongs to the three-year degree in Civil Engineering, whose aim is to prepare students in civil engineering by providing tools for the design, construction, maintenance and management of civil structures and infrastructures, such as buildings, bridges, tunnels, transport systems, hydraulic works and land protection.
Within such framework, Hydraulic Infrastructures aims at providing students with the basic knowledge and understanding about 1) water cycle; 2) fundamental methods and models, including statistical approaches, for hydrologic analysis for water resources and flood risk management; 3) hydraulic structures for freshwater withdrawal, storage and supply, mainly for domestic use; 4) basic criteria for water supply infrastructure design; 5) computational tools for hydrologic analysis and infrastructure design.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to 1) perform statistical analysis of hydrologic data; 2) estimate the hydrological load acting on the structures (design quantities); 3) identify the most appropriate infrastructure solution for water supply; 4) perform a first estimate of structure dimensions.
Hydraulic Infrastructures belongs to the three-year degree in Civil Engineering, whose aim is to prepare students in civil engineering by providing tools for the design, construction, maintenance and management of civil structures and infrastructures, such as buildings, bridges, tunnels, transport systems, hydraulic works and land protection.
Within such framework, Hydraulic Infrastructures aims at providing students with the basic knowledge and understanding about 1) water cycle; 2) fundamental methods and models, including statistical approaches, for hydrologic analysis for water resources and flood risk management; 3) hydraulic structures for freshwater withdrawal, storage and supply, mainly for domestic use; 4) basic criteria for water supply infrastructure design; 5) computational tools for hydrologic analysis and infrastructure design.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to 1) perform statistical analysis of hydrologic data; 2) estimate the hydrological load acting on the structures (design quantities); 3) identify the most appropriate infrastructure solution for water supply; 4) perform a first estimate of structure dimensions.
teacher profile teaching materials
Part 1 – Hydrology
1.1) Rainfall: rainfall genesis, rainfall measurements, rainfall regimes, intense rainfall, rainfall amount at the catchment scale.
1.2) Evapotranspiration: phenomenology and measures.
1.3) Catchment and hydrogeological basin definitions: water balance.
1.4) Groundwater hydrology: unsaturated zone, aquifers and spring classification.
1.5) Surface water storage: lakes.
1.6) Surface water flow: flow discharge measurements, river regimes, probabilistic models.
1.7) Hydrologic losses and runoff generation mechanisms.
1.8) Rainfall-runoff models: lumped linear models, kinematic model.
Parte 2 – Water supply and sewer systems
2.1) Water use, sustainable water use.
2.2) Water-intake hydraulic structures for surface water.
2.3) Artificial lakes and dams.
2.4) Water transport, open channel flow.
2.5) Water transport, aqueducts, network configurations, manufactures, pumping stations.
2.6) Urban reservoirs.
2.7) Sewer systems.
Calenda, G. (2016). Infrastrutture Idrauliche. Vol. 1 – Idrologia e Risorsa Idrica, Edizioni Efesto, Roma.
Calenda, G. Introduzione alla statistica (dispense).
Calenda, G. Fognature (dispense).
Programme
The course is made of two parts. The first part provides the students with the main notions of applied hydrology for water management and flood risk management; the second is dedicated to the design of urban water supply and sewer systems.Part 1 – Hydrology
1.1) Rainfall: rainfall genesis, rainfall measurements, rainfall regimes, intense rainfall, rainfall amount at the catchment scale.
1.2) Evapotranspiration: phenomenology and measures.
1.3) Catchment and hydrogeological basin definitions: water balance.
1.4) Groundwater hydrology: unsaturated zone, aquifers and spring classification.
1.5) Surface water storage: lakes.
1.6) Surface water flow: flow discharge measurements, river regimes, probabilistic models.
1.7) Hydrologic losses and runoff generation mechanisms.
1.8) Rainfall-runoff models: lumped linear models, kinematic model.
Parte 2 – Water supply and sewer systems
2.1) Water use, sustainable water use.
2.2) Water-intake hydraulic structures for surface water.
2.3) Artificial lakes and dams.
2.4) Water transport, open channel flow.
2.5) Water transport, aqueducts, network configurations, manufactures, pumping stations.
2.6) Urban reservoirs.
2.7) Sewer systems.
Core Documentation
(in Italian)Calenda, G. (2016). Infrastrutture Idrauliche. Vol. 1 – Idrologia e Risorsa Idrica, Edizioni Efesto, Roma.
Calenda, G. Introduzione alla statistica (dispense).
Calenda, G. Fognature (dispense).
Type of delivery of the course
The course consists of a series of lectures and several numerical exercises. The lessons will be carried out in the classroom traditionally. The exercises are presented in the classroom and carried out numerically at home using Excel. The list of the exercises, the date when they will be held during the lesson period and the complete text are available on the course web site (https://moodle1.ing.uniroma3.it/).Type of evaluation
The exam consists of an interview dealing with the exercises presented and numerically carried out during the lesson period and all the theoretical topics presented during the course. Two intermediate, yet optional, written tests are organized during the lesson period, dealing with the first (hydrology) and second part (water supply and sewer systems) of the course, respectively.