AGRICULTURAL HYDRAULICS

To acquire knowledge on the properties of liquids, the statics of liquids, the laws that regulate the water dynamics. The student will acquire
ability in the design and verification of pressure pipes and channels. This knowledge will be the basis for the design of irrigation systems.

Teaching includes lectures and exercises.

If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote way, the necessary changes with respect to what was previously stated may be introduced, in order to respect the program reported in the syllabus.

As a guarantee of equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, interested students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measures, based on their specific needs and on teaching objectives of the discipline.
It is also possible to ask the departmental contacts of CInAP (Center for Active and Participatory Integration - Services for Disabilities and/or DSAs), in the persons of professors Giovanna Tropea Garzia and Anna De Angelis.

The course is articulated in lectures and applied sessions. Topics: fluids properties, fundamentals of hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, design and verification of canals and pipes for water conveyance facilities.

1. Yunus A. Çengel, John M. Cimbala. 2007; 2020. Meccanica dei fluidi. Mcgrawhill
2. Citrini, D. e Noseda, G.. Idraulica. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano,
3. V. Ferro. 2013. Elementi di idraulica e idrologia per le scienze agrarie, ambientali e forestali. McGraw-Hill
4. Dispense distribuite durante il corso