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Hydromechanics

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 338-0931/04
Abbreviation FBI
Course title Hydromechanics
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Hydromechanics and Hydraulic Equipment
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Tomáš Blejchař, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Basic equations of fluid flow, the derivation of the Bernoulli equation for ideal and real fluids
Theory of machines for the transport of fluids: hydrodynamic pumps, specific energy, efficiency, Euler's equation, losses in the pump characteristics, suction lift, pump when changing speed, collaboration of pumps, measurement of pumps, pumps gas special, air-lift pump, jet pumps, their application in fire technique and efficiency characteristics.
Pipes and pipelines, local and friction loss, pipeline networks and leg
circuit, algorithm of calculation, method of Hardy-Cross.
Water hammer and unsteady flow, mathematical model and its solution.
Drain device, theory of centrifugal nozzle, and its ability to spray.
Basic theory of SHZ.

Literature

INCROPERA, F., P. ET AL.. Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer. 6th ed.. Hoboken : Wiley, c2007 – xxv. 997 s. ISBN 0-471-45728-0  (váz.)978-0-471-45728-2 (dotisk : váz.)
The Math Works, inc., 3 Apple Hill Drive Natick, MA 01760-2098, USA. Sim Hydraulics For Use with Simulink.

Advised literature

HEWITT, G.F. VUSSILLICOS, E.N. Prediction of Turbulent Flows, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005, 343 str. ISBN-13978-0-521-83899-3 
SHAUPHNOSSY, E.J., KATZ, I.M., SCHAFFER, J.P. Fluid Mechanics, Oxford Univer. Press, 2005, 1017 str., ISBN-13-978-0195154-51-1.
Flowmaster. User Manual. Flowmaster International LTD.-Courthouse England, 1995 549 s.
The Math Works, inc., 3 Apple Hill Drive Natick, MA 01760-2098, USA. Sim Hydraulics For Use with Simulink.