ENVIRONMENTAL AND MARITIME HYDRAULICS

Course objectives

To introduce fundamental concepts and basic issues of environmental and maritime hydraulics, with particular emphasis to fluid motion in natural water bodies and in the sea. To provide application tools that help to solve problems typically found in environmental and maritime hydraulics. Acquired knowledge: the students who pass the exam will be able to identify the reference variables and the mathematical representations of phenomena that characterize environmental and maritime hydraulics and to identify the appropriate tools for their assessment. Acquired knowledge: the students who pass the exams will be able to conduct surveys and experiments, to analyze and interpret data as well as to understand the impact of engineering solutions in the social and physical environment context and to use engineering tools and methods to control the above impact. The student will be able to work both autonomously and as part of a team and relate to people skilled in different disciplines

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PAOLO MONTI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Thermodynamics of continuum media. Equation of state for air and liquids. Lagrangian formulation of the first principle of thermodynamics. Fourier law. Thermal energy balance. Effects of the earth's rotation. Vorticity and circulation. Circulation equation. Kelvin and Helmholtz theorems. Non-dimensional form of the conservation laws. Non-dimensional numbers. Boussinesq fluids. Turbulence. Averaged equation of motion. Kinetic energy budget of mean and turbulent flow. The closure problem. Boussinesq approximation. First order closure. K-epsilon models. Boundary layer on a flat, rough surface. Static and dynamic instability. Richardson number. Geostrophic flows and Taylor-Proudman theorem. Ekman layer in atmosphere and ocean. Radiative and energy balance at the earth’s surface. The atmospheric boundary layer. Maritime Hydraulics. Tidals. Classification of sea waves. Irrotational flows. Bernoulli equation for irrotational flows. Surface gravity waves. Classification for deep and shallow water. Waves interference. Standing waves. Group velocity and wave dispersion. Shoaling. Numerical exercise regarding the simulation of the meteorological field on a regional scale.
Prerequisites
Basic concepts of Fluid Mechanics (kinematics and dynamics)
Books
Kundu KK, Cohen IM, Dowling DR. Fluid Mechanics. Elsevier. Stull RB. An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Teacher's note.
Teaching mode
60 hours of lessons + 30 hours of practical work on some of the topics treated during the course.
Frequency
Attendance at the course is not mandatory.
Exam mode
The final mark is attained on the base of two tests conducted during the course + final test.
Bibliography
Jacobson MZ, 1999. Fundamentals of Atmospheric Modelling. Cambridge University Press. Thorpe SA, 2005. The Turbulent Ocean. Cambridge University Press. Lighthill J, 1987. Waves in Fluids. Cambridge University Press.
Lesson mode
60 hours of lessons + 30 hours of practical work on some of the topics treated during the course.
PAOLO MONTI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Thermodynamics of continuum media. Equation of state for air and liquids. Lagrangian formulation of the first principle of thermodynamics. Fourier law. Thermal energy balance. Effects of the earth's rotation. Vorticity and circulation. Circulation equation. Kelvin and Helmholtz theorems. Non-dimensional form of the conservation laws. Non-dimensional numbers. Boussinesq fluids. Turbulence. Averaged equation of motion. Kinetic energy budget of mean and turbulent flow. The closure problem. Boussinesq approximation. First order closure. K-epsilon models. Boundary layer on a flat, rough surface. Static and dynamic instability. Richardson number. Geostrophic flows and Taylor-Proudman theorem. Ekman layer in atmosphere and ocean. Radiative and energy balance at the earth’s surface. The atmospheric boundary layer. Maritime Hydraulics. Tidals. Classification of sea waves. Irrotational flows. Bernoulli equation for irrotational flows. Surface gravity waves. Classification for deep and shallow water. Waves interference. Standing waves. Group velocity and wave dispersion. Shoaling. Numerical exercise regarding the simulation of the meteorological field on a regional scale.
Prerequisites
Basic concepts of Fluid Mechanics (kinematics and dynamics)
Books
Kundu KK, Cohen IM, Dowling DR. Fluid Mechanics. Elsevier. Stull RB. An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Teacher's note.
Teaching mode
60 hours of lessons + 30 hours of practical work on some of the topics treated during the course.
Frequency
Attendance at the course is not mandatory.
Exam mode
The final mark is attained on the base of two tests conducted during the course + final test.
Bibliography
Jacobson MZ, 1999. Fundamentals of Atmospheric Modelling. Cambridge University Press. Thorpe SA, 2005. The Turbulent Ocean. Cambridge University Press. Lighthill J, 1987. Waves in Fluids. Cambridge University Press.
Lesson mode
60 hours of lessons + 30 hours of practical work on some of the topics treated during the course.
  • Lesson code1018611
  • Academic year2024/2025
  • CourseEnvironmental Engineering
  • CurriculumIngegneria per l' Ambiente e il Territorio - Gestione delle risorse idriche e risanamento ambientale
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDICAR/01
  • CFU9
  • Subject areaIngegneria per l'ambiente e territorio