By
A. Osman Akan, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Old Dominion University,
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Description
Open Channel Hydraulics is written for undergraduate and graduate civil engineering students, and practicing engineers.
Written in
clear and simple language, it introduces and explains all the main topics required for courses on open channel flows, using numerous
worked examples to illustrate the key points.
With coverage of both introduction to flows, practical guidance to the design of open
channels, and more advanced topics such as bridge hydraulics and the problem of scour, Professor Akan's book offers an unparalleled user-friendly
study of this important subject
Audience:
Undergraduate civil engineering students, those who are enrolled in dual level courses (senior undergraduates and first year graduate students), and practicing engineers.
