Learning objectives
<br />To become confident with the instruments and the techniques of hyadraulic measurements.
Prerequisites
<br />Hydraulics, Measurements and Hydraulic Controls
Course unit content
<br />The SI system. Uncertainties and errors. Dimensional analysis. Characteristics of measurements systems. Transducers. Static and dynamic calibration. The chains of signal acquisition.<br />Exercitations in the Lab<br />Characteristics of a rotating pump. Force of a water jet. Calibration of a Venturi meter. Characteristics of a Pelton wheel. Discharge curve of a natural river. Discharge measurement in a river using UltraSound Doppler Profilometer. Measurement of permeability of a road pavement. Water profile due to a Crump. Measuring the discharge in a flume.
Bibliography
<br />Misure e Controlli Idraulici (2006) S. Longo & M. Petti,McGraw-Hill Italia, Collana di Istruzione Scientifica, serie di Ambiente e Territorio, ISBN 88-386-6137-5, XI+415 pp. (in italian)<br />Measurement systems, (1990) E.O.Doebelin, Mc Graw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-100697-4, pp 960+XXII (in english)<br />Metodologie moderne di misure idrauliche e idrodinamiche, (1992), G.Pulci Doria, CUEN, Napoli, ISBN 887146 183-5, pp 407 (in italian)<br />Introduzione all'analisi degli errori (2000) J.R.Taylor, Zanichelli, ISBN 88-08-17656-8, pp331+XII (also available in english)