WS V17 — Water and Wastewater Hydraulics
This course presents the hydraulics necessary to operate water or wastewater plants and systems. The hydraulic basics of pressure, force, velocity, flowrate, and flow continuity are studied as a foundation for the course. The ideas of energy conservation and losses due to friction and turbulence in pipelines and open channels is discussed. Numerical calculations of these losses are practiced for application on the job site. The effect of pumps on pipeline and channel hydraulics is addressed and pump type, application, and efficiency are weighed.