This textbook offers a unique introduction to hydraulics and fluid mechanics through more than 100 exercises, with guided solutions, which students will find valuable in preparation for their preliminary or qualifying exams and for testing their grasp of the subject. In some exercises two different solution methods are proposed, to highlight the fact that the level of complexity of the calculations is often linked to the choice of method, though in most cases only the simplest method is presented. The exercises are organized by subject, covering forces on planes and curved surfaces; floating bodies; exercises that require the application of linear and angular momentum balancing in inertial and non-inertial references; pipeline systems, with particular applications to industrial plants; hydraulic systems with machines (pumps and turbines); transient phenomena in pipelines; and uniform and gradually varied flows in open channels. The book also features appendices that contain selected data and formulas of practical interest. Instructors of courses that address one or all of the above topics will find the exercises of great help in preparing their courses, while researchers will find the book useful as an accessible summary of the topics covered.

This textbook offers a unique introduction to hydraulics and fluid mechanics through more than 100 exercises, with guided solutions, which students will find valuable in preparation for their preliminary or qualifying exams and for testing their grasp of the subject. In some exercises two different solution methods are proposed, to highlight the fact that the level of complexity of the calculations is often linked to the choice of method, though in most cases only the simplest method is presented. The exercises are organized by subject, covering forces on planes and curved surfaces; floating bodies; exercises that require the application of linear and angular momentum balancing in inertial and non-inertial references; pipeline systems, with particular applications to industrial plants; hydraulic systems with machines (pumps and turbines); transient phenomena in pipelines; and uniform and gradually varied flows in open channels. The book also features appendices that contain selected data and formulas of practical interest. Instructors of courses that address one or all of the above topics will find the exercises of great help in preparing their courses, while researchers will find the book useful as an accessible summary of the topics covered.

Questo eserciziario si propone di indirizzare gli Allievi verso la comprensione della materia con esercizi completamente svolti, a partire dallo schema concettuale fino a giungere all introduzione, nelle formule risolutive, dei valori numerici. Le figure, numerose e dettagliate, permettono di semplificare la descrizione della procedura per la soluzione. Frutto di alcuni anni di insegnamento dei due autori, la raccolta contiene numerosi esercizi raggruppati in nove Capitoli, che ricalcano l impostazione delle lezioni teoriche negli insegnamenti erogati alla Laurea Triennale e alla Laurea Specialistica. In Appendice sono riportati alcuni dati e formule di uso frequente. I procedimenti risolutivi non sono unici ma sono stati selezionati tra i pi semplici e intuitivi, in modo da allenare alla semplificazione. I dati numerici sono parametrizzati con riferimento alle due ultime cifre del numero di matricola per facilitarne l utilizzo in sede di esercitazione.