One of the main duty of civil engineers is to design and manage water. Water infrastructures are built for this purpose, and this module presents the corresponding design schemes for some widely adopted infrastructures. The focus is therefore on structures devoted to the collection, transport, and distribution of water, and at the management of extreme hydrologic events, as stormwater and floods.

This course is devoted to analyzing water infrastructures. Three perspectives will be considered. The first perspective is a qualitative and broad understanding of the technological components that made up different type of water infrastructures. The second perspective is on the modelling tools to analyze the hydraulic behavior of water infrastructures. The third and last perspective is the design of simple water infrastructures. In particular, upon completion of this course, students will be able to: - Describe the components of water infrastructures and explain their hydraulic behavior; - Describe the physical principles and phenomena that affect the behavior of water infrastructures and explain their hydraulic/hydrological significance; - Select the most appropriate model to be used to analyze different types of water infrastructures; - Implement (with commercial software/spreadsheet) a model of water infrastructures, and interpret the obtained results; - Assess the data required to build a model of a water infrastructure; - Design (from an hydraulic point of view) components of a water infrastructure; - Develop a preliminary design of a water infrastructure, considering other factors external to hydraulics and hydrology such as the technical and economic feasibility.

Basic knowledge of Fluid Mechanics, Geology and Geomatics. Basic knowledge of Excel.

- Introduction and classification of water infrastructures (2 hrs) - Estimation of water availability and water demand (3 hrs) - Water intakes and water storage schemes (6 hrs) - Design of open flow channels (7 hrs) - Design of pipelines, water mains, pumping mains (6 hrs) - Water distribution networks (6 hrs) - Fundamentals of hydrology for small catchment analysis (7 hrs) - Infrastructures for stormwater management (7 hrs) - Hydraulic works for flood risk mitigation (6 hrs)

The course is organized in theoretical lessons followed by tutorials. The tutorials will be based on real case studies, and are aimed at showing how the theory is used to solve real world problems. Commercial softwares and spreadsheet will be adopted. Tutorials will be organized in a first part devoted to the analysis of an existing system, and a second part devoted to the design of a component of a water infrastructure.

Slides of the lectures, course notes and additional material provided by the teacher.

Slides; Dispense; Esercizi; Esercizi risolti; Esercitazioni di laboratorio; Strumenti di simulazione;

Modalità di esame: Prova scritta (in aula);

Exam: Written test;

... The exam consists of a written test. In the written test (duration 1.5 hours) student will be asked to (i) solve a practical problem concerning water infrastructures (50% of the mark); (ii) answer a theoretical question (50% of the mark). The practical problem aims at assessing student’s ability to model the behavior of components of water infrastructures; design components of a water infrastructure; and critically assess the data required to build a model of a water infrastructure. The theoretical question aims at assessing student’s ability to describe the components of water infrastructures and explain their hydraulic behavior; and describe the physical principles and phenomena that affect the behavior of water infrastructures and explain their hydraulic/hydrological significance. In order to pass the exam, both the theoretical question and the practical problem must be sufficient (score >18/30) to pass the exam. Final score: The final score will derive from the weighted mean with respect to the number of credits of the two modules (7 CFU for Roads, Railways and Airports and 5 CFU for Water Infrastructures )

Gli studenti e le studentesse con disabilità o con Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento (DSA), oltre alla segnalazione tramite procedura informatizzata, sono invitati a comunicare anche direttamente al/la docente titolare dell'insegnamento, con un preavviso non inferiore ad una settimana dall'avvio della sessione d'esame, gli strumenti compensativi concordati con l'Unità Special Needs, al fine di permettere al/la docente la declinazione più idonea in riferimento alla specifica tipologia di esame.