Academic year/semester: 2025/26/2

ECTS Credits: 5

Available for: Only for the faculty’s students

Lecture hours: 1
Seminarium:0
Practice: 2
Laboratory: 0
Consultation: 0

Prerequisites: 1 absolved semester related to urban planning or urban infrastructure. IMPORTANT: Students can choose whether ONLY MSc (incl. YAROESFBNF) courses, or ONLY vertical studio courses! Exceptions we can make on individual decisions based on special requests, maximum for less than 50% of the courses - please contact our international coordinator.

Course Leader: Dr. Dombay Gábor PhD

Faculty: Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, 1146 Budapest, Thököly út 74.

Course Description:
The course provides engineering knowledge and practical skills in the development and hydraulic design of drinking water distribution systems. Topics include network configurations, water demand assessment, hydraulic principles of pipe networks, pipe materials, fittings, and related structures. Emphasis is placed on the application of numerical hydraulic modelling tools for the design and optimization of water supply systems. The semester concludes with a comprehensive network design project completed using computer-based hydraulic modelling.

Competences:
1. Ability to design drinking water distribution systems using hydraulic modelling tools. 2. Understanding of hydraulic and water demand principles in network development. 3. Capacity to apply engineering judgment in developing efficient and sustainable water supply solutions.

Topics:
Week Lecture Practice
1 Water distribution systems. Basic concepts. Assignment of the semester design project.
2 Water demands and temporal variations. Demand zones and service areas. Water demand calculation.
3 Hydraulic analysis of distribution networks. Pumping regime exercises.
4 Storage and reservoir capacity. Reservoir volume calculation.
5 Typical operational conditions. Consultation on preliminary design.
6 Hydraulic design and verification methods. Introduction to modelling software. Submission of Subtask 1 (reservoir capacity).
7 Network hydraulic models and topology. Building the topological model.
8 System characteristic curve and pump selection. Determination of nodal demands.
9 Setting up and running the network model. Design and verification simulations. Submission of Subtask 2 (node reduction).
10 Evaluation of network calculations. Consultation on model results.
11 Pipes, joints, and fittings. Consultation. Submission of Subtask 3 (hydraulic model).
12 Valves and node structures. Consultation and detailing.
13 Reservoirs and network structures. Preparation for assessment.
14 Course summary and review. Final project submission.

Assessment: water supply system design project

Exam Types:

Oral Exam

Compulsory bibliography: EPANET Users Manual

Recommended bibliography: T. M. Hilyer: Water Supply Handbook

Additional bibliography: B. C. Punmia: Water Supply Engineering

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