Study-unit HYDROLOGY AND MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS
| Course name | Civil and environmental engineering |
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| Study-unit Code | A002102 |
| Curriculum | Ingegneria ambientale |
| Lecturer | Renato Morbidelli |
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| CFU | 8 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2022 |
| Supplied | 2024/25 |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Ingegneria ambientale e del territorio |
| Sector | ICAR/02 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | The course is organized in different units as follows. •Statistical hydrology •Formation of precipitation •Rainfall infiltration •Rainfall-runoff transformation •Stream flow •Determination of the design discharge Municipal Water supply Drainage system |
| Reference texts | SUGGESTED BOOKS V. T. Chow, D. Maidment, L.W. Mays, Applied Hydrology, Mc Graw-Hill, Book Company, New York, 1988 U. Maione, Appunti di Idrologia 3: Le piene fluviali, La Goliardica Pavese, Pavia, 1981 •G. BECCIU, A. PAOLETTI, Esercitazioni di costruzioni idrauliche, CEDAM, Padova, 1999 •L. DA DEPPO, C. DATEI, Fognature, Cortina, Padova, 2004 •G. IPPOLITO, Appunti di costruzioni idrauliche, Liguori Editore, Napoli, 2000 •R. K. LINSLEY, J. B. FRANZINI, D. L. FREYBERG, G. TCHOBANOGLOUS, Water resources engineering, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1992 •L. MAYS, Y. K. TOUNG, Hydrosystems engineering and management, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1992 Didactic material available in UNISTUDIUM website |
| Educational objectives | The course examines the main hydrological processes as the rainfall formation, the effective rainfall and the direct runoff generation, and provides means to measure and estimate the quantities of most interest in the design of hydraulic infrastructures. The main expected learning results will be: •knowledge and understanding of hydrological cycle and key hydrological processes, measurement techniques of the main involved variables, basic methods for estimating effective rainfall (SCS-CN method) and direct hydrograph (lumped and semi-distributed approaches), direct and indirect stochastic methods to estimate design discharge; •skill to select and apply measure techniques of the main hydrological quantities, proper basic modeling in order to represent the main components of the hydrological cycle as infiltration process and runoff generation, appropriate approach in estimating flood frequency and design variables; skill to select and design water distribution systems and sewer systems. |
| Prerequisites | In order to deeply understand mathematical models involved in the program of the course and to reach the expected learning results the following elements are required: •Mathematical analysis: analytic functions, differential and integral calculus. •Physics and Rational Mechanics: vector calculus, cardinal equations of statics and dynamics. •Hydraulics: elements of Hydrostatics, pressurized flow. |
| Teaching methods | Classroom lectures on all subjects of the program with interactive involvement of students. Classroom exercises performed on the blackboard. Seminar frontal lessons with projector support. |
| Other information | Statistical analysis of exam mark obtained by students Sample constituted by 675 students. Mean: 25.64/30; standard deviation:2.67/30. Percentage of students who obtained an exam mark included in the range 18/30 - 21/30 6.7 % 22/30 - 24/30 26.8 % 25/30 - 27/30 40.1 % 28/30 - 30/30 23.6 % 30/30 cum laude 2.8 % Examination Timetable: The schedule of the exams is available at the following link: http://www.ing1.unipg.it/didattica/studiare/calendario-esami |
| Learning verification modality | The exam of the course Hydrology and Municipal Water Systems consists of a written test and two oral discussions over the two parts of the course program (Hydrology I and Municipal Water Systems), to be performed separately or in the same exam session. The written exam, lasting 1 hour, consists of the solution of two problems related to the hydrological modeling, the first one of computational type and the second one of both computational and conceptual kind. The test has the aim to prove the ability of understanding the proposed problems and applying theoretical knowledge in order to obtain quantitative results, the skill to elaborate by self-judgment proper remarks, and the capacity to effectively communicate in a written form. The two oral exams, each one lasting about 30 minutes, are directed to check out: i) the knowledge level over the course contents (divided in into the two parts of Hydrology I and Municipal Water Systems), ii) the acquired ability to apply the studied models and techniques, iii) the ability to select the proper methodology by self-judgement, and iv) the communication skills and the usage of an appropriate language about the theoretical and practical subjects of the course. The final evaluation will be provided by a weighted average of the results obtained in the separate tests, with the following weights: written test: 1/6; oral test related to the first part of the course program (Hydrology I): 1/3; oral test related to the second part of the course program (Municipal Water Systems): 1/2. |
| Extended program | The course deals with the basic hydrological processes as the rainfall formation, the effective rainfall and the direct runoff generation, and describes measurement techniques of the main hydrological variables and methods for estimating hydrological variables in order to design hydraulic infrastructures. The course is organized in different units as follows •Statistical hydrology •Formation of precipitation: i) Space-time characteristics of rainfalls; ii) Rainfall measurements and design of raingauge networks; iii) Rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency curves. •Rainfall infiltration: i) Formulation of the theoretical problem; ii) Estimate by the SCS-CN method. •Rainfall-runoff transformation: i) Hydrograph formation and separation; ii) Effective rainfall-direct runoff transformation by the unit hydrograph methodology with a single or a series of reservoirs; iii) Semi-distributed approach: the time-area method. •Stream flow: i) Measurements of discharge; ii) determination of the stage-discharge curve. •Determination of the design discharge: i) Direct and ii) Indirect approaches. Water distribution systems: urban demand of water; water supply sources; calibration and test of water distribution systems and hydraulic networks; pipes characteristics; valves, tees, bends and reducers; tanks, siphons; pumps and pumping stations, transient control (air chamber); technical norms of water distribution systems. Sewer systems: hydraulic design of storm sewers and of wastewater sewers; side-overflow weirs, pumping stations. |
| Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile | This teaching contributes to the realization of the UN objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Objective code: 7,9 13 |