(Ebook) Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow. An Introduction Basic Principles, Sediment Motion, Hydraulic Modelling, Design of Hydraulic Structures by Hubert Chanson (Auth.) ISBN 9780750659789, 0750659785

(Ebook) Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow. An Introduction Basic Principles, Sediment Motion, Hydraulic Modelling, Design of Hydraulic Structures by Hubert Chanson (Auth.) ISBN 9780750659789, 0750659785

Content: Preface to the first edition, Pages xi-xiiPreface to the second edition, Pages xiii-xvAcknowledgements, Pages xvi-xviiAbout the author, Page xviiiGlossary, Pages xx-xxxviiiList of symbols, Pages xxxix-xlvii1 - Introduction, Pages 3-82 - Fundamental equations, Pages 9-203 - Applications of the Bernoulli equation to open channel flows, Pages 21-494 - Applications of the momentum principle: Hydraulic jump, surge and flow resistance in open channels, Pages 50-935 - Uniform flows and gradually varied flows, Pages 94-110Part 1 - Revision exercises, Pages 111-1406 - Introduction to sediment transport in open channels, Pages 143-1507 - Sediment transport and sediment properties, Pages 151-168,I-VIII8 - Inception of sediment motion — occurrence of bed load motion, Pages 169-1829 - Inception of suspended-load motion, Pages 183-18710 - Sediment transport mechanisms: 1. Bed-load transport, Pages 188-20311 - Sediment transport mechanisms: 2. Suspended-load transport, Pages 204-21712 - Sediment transport capacity and total sediment transport, Pages 218-238Part 2 - Revision exercises, Pages 239-24513 - Summary of basic hydraulic principles, Pages 249-25214 - Physical modelling of hydraulics, Pages 253-27415 - Numerical modelling of steady open channel flows: Backwater computations, Pages 275-28916 - Unsteady open channel flows: 1. Basic equations, Pages 290-31717 - Unsteady open channel flows: 2. Applications, Pages 318-370Part 3 - Revision exercises, Pages 371-385,IX-XVI18 - Introduction to the design of hydraulic structures, Pages 389-39019 - Design of weirs and spillways, Pages 391-43020 - Design of drop structures and stepped cascades, Pages 431-43921 - Culvert design, Pages 440-475Part 4 - Revision exercises, Pages 476-511References, Pages 512-527Additional bibliography, Pages 528-530P1 - A study of the Marib dam and its sluice system (BC 115 to AD 575), Pages 533-540P2 - A study of the Moeris reservoir, the Ha-Uar dam and the canal connecting the Nile River and Lake Moeris around BC 2900 to BC 230, Pages 541-550P3 - A study of the Moche river irrigation systems (Peru AD 200-1532), Pages 551-560P4 - Hydraulics of the Nîmes aqueduct, Pages 561-572Suggestion/correction form, Pages 573-574Author index, Pages 575-578Subject index, Pages 579-585