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Introduction to Hydraulics and Hydrology : With Applications for Stormwater Management
ISBN: 9780766827943 | 0766827941
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning
Pub. Date: 9/11/2001
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Expanded from 7 to 12 chapters, this edition of Introduction to Hydraulics & Hydrology with Applications for Stormwater Management continues to guide readers to an understanding of the concepts of hydraulics and surface water technology as they are used in everyday civil engineering practice. Valued as a reference by professional civil engineers, land developers, public works officials, and land surveyors throughout the U.S., this book is also an important tool for students in these disciplines. The book begins by acquainting readers with the p... MORE
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Hydraulics And Hydrology In Engineering | p. 1 |
| Objectives | p. 1 |
| History of Water Engineering | p. 1 |
| Modern Practice of Stormwater Management | p. 3 |
| Legal and Environmental Issues | p. 4 |
| Public Agencies | p. 5 |
| Engineering Design | p. 6 |
| Engineering Computations | p. 7 |
| ... MORE | p. 12 |
| Problems | p. 13 |
| Further Reading | p. 13 |
| Fluid Mechanics | p. 15 |
| Objectives | p. 15 |
| Fundamental Concepts | p. 15 |
| Specific Weight and Density | p. 17 |
| Viscosity | p. 19 |
| Problems | p. 21 |
| Further Reading | p. 22 |
| Fundamental Hydrostatics | p. 25 |
| Objectives | p. 25 |
| Hydrostatic Pressure | p. 25 |
| Pressure on Plane Surfaces | p. 28 |
| Pressure on Curved Surfaces | p. 34 |
| Measuring Pressure | p. 38 |
| Buoyancy | p. 41 |
| Problems | p. 43 |
| Further Reading | p. 46 |
| Fundamental Hydrodynamics | p. 49 |
| Objectives | p. 49 |
| Motion of Water | p. 49 |
| Types of Flow | p. 51 |
| Energy Head | p. 52 |
| Conservation Laws | p. 53 |
| Measuring Flow | p. 65 |
| Problems | p. 72 |
| Further Reading | p. 75 |
| Hydraulic Devices | p. 77 |
| Objectives | p. 77 |
| Orifice Flow | p. 77 |
| Weir Flow | p. 81 |
| Flow Under a Gate | p. 88 |
| Siphon Flow | p. 90 |
| Problems | p. 92 |
| Further Reading | p. 95 |
| Open Channel Hydraulics | p. 97 |
| Objectives | p. 97 |
| Fundamental Concepts | p. 97 |
| Critical Depth | p. 99 |
| Manning's Equation | p. 102 |
| Channel Flow | p. 104 |
| Pipe Flow | p. 110 |
| Stream Flow | p. 116 |
| Problems | p. 120 |
| Further Reading | p. 123 |
| Culvert Hydraulics | p. 125 |
| Objectives | p. 125 |
| Fundamental Concepts | p. 125 |
| Types of Flow | p. 128 |
| Inlet Control | p. 130 |
| Outlet Control | p. 133 |
| Entrance Efficiency | p. 136 |
| Problems | p. 138 |
| Further Reading | p. 140 |
| Fundamental Hydrology | p. 143 |
| Objectives | p. 143 |
| Hydrologic Cycle | p. 143 |
| Drainage Area | p. 145 |
| Time of Concentration | p. 150 |
| Rainfall | p. 154 |
| Runoff Hydrograph | p. 160 |
| Routing | p. 164 |
| Problems | p. 166 |
| Further Reading | p. 175 |
| Runoff Calculations | p. 177 |
| Objectives | p. 177 |
| Rational Method | p. 177 |
| Modified Rational Method | p. 186 |
| SCS Method--Peak Runoff | p. 191 |
| SCS Method--Runoff Hydrograph | p. 203 |
| Problems | p. 210 |
| Further Reading | p. 218 |
| Storm Sewer Design | p. 221 |
| Objectives | p. 221 |
| Fundamental Concepts | p. 222 |
| Design Investigation | p. 225 |
| System Layout | p. 228 |
| Hydraulic Design | p. 230 |
| Storm Sewer Outfalls | p. 245 |
| Case Study | p. 254 |
| Problems | p. 270 |
| Further Reading | p. 276 |
| Culvert Design | p. 279 |
| Objectives | p. 279 |
| Fundamental Concepts | p. 279 |
| Design Investigation | p. 286 |
| Design of New Culvert | p. 288 |
| Culvert Replacement | p. 294 |
| Case Study | p. 303 |
| Problems | p. 310 |
| Detention Design | p. 321 |
| Objectives | p. 321 |
| Fundamental Concepts | p. 321 |
| Stormwater Impoundment | p. 327 |
| Outlet Structure | p. 333 |
| Emergency Spillway | p. 341 |
| Reservoir Routing | p. 344 |
| Case Study 1 | p. 351 |
| Case Study 2 | p. 366 |
| Problems | p. 376 |
| Further Reading | p. 378 |
| Design Charts for Open Channel Flow | p. 383 |
| Design Charts for Culverts | p. 421 |
| Design Charts for Rational Method | p. 433 |
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