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Book Description:

The book is intended for advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students in the general fields of water resources and environmental engineering. It offers a selective presentation of some of the most common problems encountered by practicing engineers with the inclusion of recent research advances and personal computer applications.

Synopsis:

This text is intended for advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students. The book offers selective presentations of some of the most common problems encountered by practising engineers in the fields of water resources and environmental engineering. It covers the basics of open channel flow, and each chapter has a worked-out problem to aid understanding. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Table of Contents:

1 Basic Principles
2 Specific Energy
3 Momentum
4 Uniform Flow
5 Gradually Varied Flow
6 Hydraulic Structures
7 Governing Equations of Unsteady Flow
8 Numerical Solution of the Unsteady Flow Equations
9 Simplified Methods of Flow Routing
10 Flow in Alluvial Channels
A Numerical Methods
B Examples of Computer Programs in Visual BASIC