UNDERGROUND HYDRAULICS

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Hydraulics (H) is the application part of Fluid Mechanics (MF) that studies liquids:

• MF studies the rest and movement of fluids as well as the interaction with the solid bodies they come into contact with.
• MF and H allow the approach and understanding of complex geological processes such as:
• movement of tectonic plates under the effect of convection currents 
• transfer of lithophilic elements from the oceanic to continental crust 
• generation of metal deposits through the circulation of thermal fluids
• generation of sedimentary deposits result of transport processes in solution
• migration and accumulation of oil, gas and groundwater 

Hydraulics and Underground Hydraulics study the movement and balance of real fluids and in order to solve practical engineering problems:

• effect of hydrostatic pressure on dams 
• movement of fluid under pressure in pipes
• free surface movement of fluids in channels, pipes and over spills
• fluid movement on the slopes of the river basins
• transfer fluids from the hydrographic network into the deep geological structures.
• drainage of groundwater 

The course of UNDERGROUND HYDRAULICS has been sustained over time at the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics by: Veceslav HARNAJ, Alina POPOVICI, Marius ALBU, Alexandru DANCHIV, Daniel SCRADEANU. The application problematic addressed by the course of Underground Hydraulics is developed in the courses:

• Hydrogeology
• Investigarion of aquifers 
• Pollution and protection of groundwater
• Mining Hydrogeology
• Environmental Hydrogeology
• Simulation of groundwater flow
• Hydrogeology for geotechnical studies