Università Roma Tre

Title: Hydraulic works
A.A. 2020 - 2021

General description of a hydraulic work:
1 Legislation.
2 Preliminary, final and executive project.
3 Organization of the work,
reporting.
Design of hydraulic work: dam
1 Uses of water: drinking, irrigation, flood protection, hydro-electric and multiple use.
2 References to the necessary hydrological observations and methods for hydrological simulation.
3 Reservoir capacity (reservoir height-volume curve) and adjustment according to use.
4 Structural types of dams:
4.1 wall dams (gravity, buttress, arch),
4.2 embankment dams (earth-fill, rock-fill),
5 Sizing criteria (fundamental triangle, Creager-Scimemi profile).
6 Motions of filtration, siphoning, under thrust; half-measures in safety.
7 Accessory works (sizing):
7.1 safety overflows (spillways),
7.2 stilling basins,
7.3 drains (bottom and half bottom),
7.4 intake works.
8 Electricity production (related works).
Examples of numerical hydraulic models.

Design of hydraulic works.

Elenco dei testi adottati
A.A. 2020 - 2021

• Dispense del docente (Moodle).

• Infrastrutture Idrauliche, Volume 1 - Idrologia e Risorse Idriche. Autore: Guido Calenda. Edizioni Efesto - Libreria Efesto - Via Corrado Segre, 11 Roma (marzo 2015).