Swimming Pools: Mechanical and Hydraulic System Design

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Swimming Pools: Mechanical and Hydraulic System Design

2 hrs. Online Course
Level: Fundamental
Average Rating: (2815)

Item #: RV-7200
SME: Calvin Brannon

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Course Description

This 2-hour online course is intended to provide the engineer with basic understanding of hydraulic systems design for swimming pools. Our design process will be cumulative, combining the physical elements of pool design, the regulations governing swimming pools, and engineering criteria all into one process. As they say, you don't want to know how sausage is made!

While the engineer may recognize the simple formulae used, he or she may not be familiar with how swimming pools work in the first place. It is the expressed objective of this course to remedy that lack of information and put all that stuff learned in engineering school to work designing pools that are not only fun but safe.

Prerequisite

Prior to taking this course students should have a passable knowledge of basic and applied fluid mechanics at the college level and/or extensive field experience in the installation and operation of closed-loop pumping systems.

The course is not a masters thesis in mechanics, dynamics or thermodynamics. It is a straight forward application of basic fluid mechanics to an everyday problem. If you are looking for superior academic analysis, formula derivation and integral calculus, you're living out a recurring nightmare of mine and are in the wrong classroom!

Vector Solutions has a long history of providing industry-specific content for its customers. While this course and its content remain accurate and functional within our systems, the look and feel may not match our more modern offerings.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the course, you will have a better understanding of:

Calculation of required circulatory flow rates
Flow in pipes
Main drain sumps and grates
The pump room - choosing the pump
Pump room layout and design
Filter selection and arrangement
Filter valves and controls
Pool heating
Ancillary pool plumbing
Other pool problems - surge

There will be a multiple choice quiz at the end of the course to gauge your understanding of the material.

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This course can be used for CE or applies to the State Licenses and Professional Organizations listed below.

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Subject Matter Expert: Calvin Brannon

Biography

Since 1969, Terry has worked in public works for cities and counties. Beginning with the City of Irving, Texas and ending eight years later with the City of Tyler, Texas, Terry’s early career was spent working in the engineering departments of these two cities. Since 1977, his work designing water systems, sewer systems, parks and recreation facilities, airports, public buildings, drainage and paving has expanded to more than eighty different local governments.

Terry graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a baccalaureate degree in Civil Engineering in 1973 and received his license to practice engineering in Texas in 1976. Later he would add licenses to practice in Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Georgia. He is also licensed to practice in Nebraska.

Specializing in water conveyance and treatment, Terry’s experience has been broad based ranging from design of water and wastewater treatment plants, to performing stormwater and floodplain studies, to design of competition swimming pools and aquatic centers.

In 1977, Terry and Tom Barber formed Barber-Brannon, Engineers, a partnership which would eventually become The Brannon Corporation. Since 1985, Terry has been the chief executive officer and president of the company.

Terry’s outside interests include singing Southern gospel music in a quartet at his church. He enjoys snow skiing in Colorado and traveling with his wife. He is a deacon, choir member and teacher at Green Acres Baptist Church.

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NOTE: State license renewal information is provided as a convenience only and is subject to change at any time. It is the ultimate responsibility of the individual to be sure that he or she is meeting continuing education requirements for each license and corresponding renewal period. Information above was pulled on Thursday, November 21, 2024.