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101-0203-AAL 5 Credits MSC D-BAUG
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Hydraulics I

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Dr. Roman Stocker
Enrolment ONLY for MSc students with a decree declaring this course unit as an additional admission requirement. Any other students (e.g. incoming exchange students, doctoral students) CANNOT enrol for this course unit.
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Last Updated: 2026-06-01 11:31:42

Abstract

The course teaches the basics of hydromechanics, relevant for civil and environemental engineers.

Objective

In Hydraulics I the goal is for students to gain an intuition for the behavior of fluids in the diverse contexts relevant for civil and environmental engineers, to understand the equations governing steady fluid flows in these contexts and to learn to compute the velocities and forces associated with fluids.

Content

Properties of water, hydrostatics, stability of floating bodies, continuity, Euler equation of motion, Navier-Stokes equations, similarity, Bernoulli principle, momentum equation for finite volumes, ideal fluids and real fluids, boundary layer, pipe flow, open channel flow, flow measurements, demonstration experiments in the lecture hall

Resources

Lecture Notes

Script and collection of problem available

Literature

Bollrich, Technische Hydromechanik 1, Verlag Bauwesen, Berlin

General Information

Language
English
Levels
MSC
Frequency
Semesterly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
revision course / private study Hydraulics I
Self-study course. No presence required.
No time listed 150 h semesterly

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