To give students knowledge in the areas of dimensional analysis, hydrostatics, pressure flows, characteristics and selection of pumps and turbines, flows through orifices, weirs and free-surface flows. At the end of the curricular unit students should have the following abilities: expertise in the computation of hydrostatic forces acting on different surfaces; expertise in the fundamental concepts of hydro-kinematics and hydrodynamics (pressures, mean velocities, forces, stresses and energy balances); expertise in the hydraulic computation of steady flows in conduits under pressure; comprehension of the basic concepts of unsteady flows under pressure (water hammer and mass oscillation); comprehension and choice over functioning of pumps and turbines; expertise in the determination of orifices and weirs flow capacity; expertise in the computation of free-surface profiles in steady flows on fixed bed open channels.