HYDRAULIC MACHINES

A machine is an energy transformer. A machine absorbs energy of one kind and returns energy of another kind or of the same kind but transformed. The most practical application of Fluid Mechanics to engineering is machine design. Among them, the most numerous are those that supply energy to a fluid (pumps), although those that extract energy from it (turbines) are also important. Both types of machines are usually connected to a rotating shaft, which is where the name turbomachines comes from. The didactic objective of our systems in the area of Hydraulic Machines is to know and understand the movement of water through pressurized conduits (pipes), as well as the movement of water in open conduits (movement in free regime or in open channels).