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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.
Contents
1. FUNDAMENTALS OF OPEN CHANNEL FLOW
2. ENERGY AND MOMENTUM PRINCIPLES
3. NORMAL FLOW
4. GRADUALLY VARIED FLOW
5. DESIGN OF OPEN CHANNELS
6. HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES
7. BRIDGE HYDRAULICS
8. INTRODUCTION TO UNSTEADY OPEN-CHANNEL FLOW
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 384 pages, publication date: MAR-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-6857-6
ISBN-10: 0-7506-6857-1
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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