Hydraulics

Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics cover both fundamental principles and theory and their applications in a variety of engineering fields to solve societies’ water challenges. This can include theoretical fluid mechanics, hydraulic design, open channel hydraulics, fluvial hydraulics, sedimentation, transients, municipal water systems, numerical methods, and various numerical and physical modeling techniques. Current research in this area includes fundamental and applied research in hydraulic structures including flooding, sedimentation and scour, two-phase flows, failure modes, incidents, public safety, and hydraulic design; advanced instrumentation and experimental techniques; flow meters; gates and valves; energy dissipators; and hydromachinery including pumps and turbines.

Hydraulics Emphasis Information

Laboratory Resources

Hydraulic Laboratories

The Utah Water Research Laboratory (UWRL) is world-renowned for its expertise in water-flow modeling, offering design and construction of large physical models in our two hydraulic laboratories for large-flow physical modeling. Our hydraulics team also offers field investigation and numerical modeling services, along with a composite modeling approach that can couple physical modeling with numeric modeling. 

Hydraulics Laboratories & Services

 

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