Course Program
Introduction to maritime hydraulics. Currents and tides. General circulation of the atmosphere. Wind characterization. Fetch and wave exposure sectors. Random and regular waves. Generation of wave motion. Transient and steady-state regimes. The SMB method. Effective fetch. Wave motion spectra. Theories of regular wave motion: Gerstner’s theory, Airy’s theory, and Stokes’ theory. Wave propagation: refraction, breaking, diffraction, reflection.
Ports: regulations and classification. Port Master Plan. Layout configuration of a port. External port structures. Selection of design return period. Vertical wall breakwaters. Rubble mound breakwaters. Hudson and Van Der Meer formulas.
Coastal dynamics. Coastal protection works.
Hydroelectric plants. Concrete dams. Embankment dams. River barrages. Complementary works. Water intake tunnels. Piezometric shafts. Penstocks. The problem of unsteady flow in penstocks. Allievi's water hammer equations. Hydraulic turbines.
