Hands on hydraulics

I would like to share here hands-on demonstrations and experiments I use for my classes and research, as well as some backstage pictures of my work and interesting stuff I come across.

I designed, built, and tested all the experimental apparatus shown here at the hydraulic laboratory thanks to the precious collaboration, expertise, and dedication of Antonio Mascia. Chapeau Antonio!

Hydraulics is beautiful and spans across so many fields.

Being a researcher: the best work ever! Here is some evidence :)

automatic bell siphon

Demonstration of an automatic bell siphon.

Blue and yellow colors of the Ukrain flag that turn into green... a hope for peace.

Potential flows

Visualization of flow streamlines around different 2D obstacles in a laminar regime.

A desk Tornado: Vortex Fountain

An example of how hydraulics can be simply beautiful!

Vortex Fountain

Yet another vortex fountain!

Hands on... A Pelton turbine

A simple demonstration of a Pelton Turbine (also called Pelton Wheel), often used in hydro power plants, here used to light an LED.

Open channel flows

A mini-flume where to observe distinct features of rivers and the behaviour of open channel flows near hydraulic structures: sub and super-critical flows, hydraulic jumps, bridge piers, weirs and much more!

Dam spillways

The flood spillways are key safety components in dams. They are designed to discharge flood flows in a controlled way. Let's see how they work and dissipate the enormous energy of flood discharge.