- Docente: Sandro Artina
- Credits: 9
- SSD: ICAR/02
- Language: English
- Moduli: Sandro Artina (Modulo 1) Cristiana Bragalli (Modulo 2) Vittorio Di Federico (Modulo 3)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 3)
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Civil Engineering (cod. 8211)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Environmental Engineering (cod. 0939)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to advance the understanding of the urban water systems engineering and enhance the ability to apply design and management techniques to water distribution and drainage systems. The attention is focused on the modeling of the quantity and quality aspects and on the application of the available advanced technologies. A successful learner from this course will be able to: a) deal with the most actual and urgent hydraulic and environmental problems connected with water supplies and drainage systems; design and operate urban water systems, taking into account: i) advanced design procedures and technological findings; ii) environmental and economic issues; and iii) construction site aspects; the b) apply basic modelling and computational techniques for addressing reliability analysis and risk assessment in civil engineering, with special emphasis on the water sector.
Course contents
Water supply systems :
General aspects of water supply systems: sources of potable water, networks layout and components.
Water distribution modeling
Water consumption modeling
Operations and control of water distribution systems
Water quality investigation and modeling
Energy management
Water losses monitoring and control
Design criteria for water supply systems
Optimization techniques applied to water supply systems
Urban drainage systems :
Overview of drainage systems
Planning of urban separate and combined drainage systems
Hydrologic cycle in urban areas
Estimating storm runoff and domestic sewage design discharges
Traditional and advanced design of urban drainage systems
Water quality issues in urban areas
Detention ponds and first flush tanks
Operation and maintenance of urban drainage systems
Readings/Bibliography
Lecture slides.
T. M. WALSKY, D.V. CHASE, D.A. SAVIC Water distribution modeling, 1st Edition, Heasted press, 2001.
M. FARLEY, S. TROW Losses in water distribution networks, 1st Edition, IWA Publishing, 2003.
D. BUTLER, J. W. DAVIES Urban Drainage, 3rd Edition, Spon press, 2011.
Assessment methods
Written test: multiple choice questions, open questions or short exercises.
Oral test: discussion of written test results, eventual additional questions.
Evaluation and discussion of homeworks.
Office hours
See the website of Sandro Artina
See the website of Cristiana Bragalli
See the website of Vittorio Di Federico