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Water-Resources Engineering

ISBN: 9780201350913 | 0201350912
Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Undergraduate courses in Water Resources, Hydraulics, and Hydrology. Water-Resources Engineering provides students with a complete picture of water resources engineering by integrating the fundamental concepts of fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrology, and contaminant fate and transport processes in the hydrologic cycle. The material in the text is presented from first principles, is rigorous, is relevant to the practice of water resources engineering, and is reinforced by detailed presentations of design applications.
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Prefacexiii
Introduction
1(8)
Water-Resources Engineering
1(2)
... MOREThe Hydrologic Cycle
3(2)
Design of Water-Resource Systems
5(2)
Water-Control Systems
6(1)
Water-Use Systems
7(1)
About This Book
7(2)
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
9(56)
Introduction
9(1)
Physical Properties of Water
9(7)
Fluid Statics
16(16)
Pressure Distribution in Static Fluids
16(3)
Pressure Measurements
19(3)
Hydrostatic Forces on Plane Surfaces
22(4)
Hydrostatic Forces on Curved Surfaces
26(6)
Fluid Kinematics
32(3)
Turbulence
33(1)
Reynolds Transport Theorem
34(1)
Fluid Dynamics
35(18)
Conservation of Mass
35(1)
Conservation of Momentum
36(15)
Conservation of Energy
51(2)
Dimensional Analysis and Similitude
53(12)
Summary
59(1)
Problems
59(6)
Flow in Closed Conduits
65(73)
Introduction
65(1)
Single Pipelines
65(28)
Continuity Equation
65(2)
Momentum Equation
67(13)
Energy Equation
80(13)
Multiple Pipelines
93(8)
Nodal Method
94(3)
Loop Method
97(4)
Pumps
101(15)
Affinity Laws
105(2)
Operating Point
107(4)
Limits on Pump Location
111(3)
Multiple-Pump Systems
114(2)
Design of Water Distribution Systems
116(22)
Components of a Distribution Systems
116(1)
Water Demand
117(10)
Pipelines
127(1)
Operating Criteria for Water-Distribution Systems
128(4)
Network Analysis
132(1)
Summary
133(1)
Problems
133(5)
Flow in Open Channels
138(112)
Introduction
138(1)
Basic Principles
138(23)
Continuity Equation
139(1)
Momentum Equation
139(12)
Energy Equation
151(10)
Water Surface Profiles
161(16)
Profile Equation
161(2)
Classification of Water-Surface Profiles
163(4)
Hydraulic Jump
167(3)
Computation of Water-Surface Profiles
170(7)
Hydraulic Structures
177(27)
Weirs
177(10)
Parshall Flume
187(4)
Gates
191(5)
Culverts
196(8)
Design of Open Channels
204(20)
Basic Principles
205(3)
Lined Channels
208(4)
Unlined Channels
212(7)
Grass-Lined Channels
219(5)
Design of Sanitary-Sewer Systems
224(18)
Design Flows
224(3)
Hydraulics of Sewers
227(3)
Sewer-Pipe Material
230(1)
System Layout
230(4)
Sulfide Generation
234(2)
Design Computations
236(6)
Computer Models
242(8)
Summary
243(1)
Problems
244(6)
Probability and Statistics in Water-Resources Engineering
250(49)
Introduction
250(1)
Probability Distributions
251(28)
Discrete Probability Distributions
251(1)
Continuous Probability Distributions
252(1)
Mathematical Expectation and Moments
253(4)
Return Period
257(1)
Common Probability Functions
258(21)
Analysis of Hydrologic Data
279(15)
Estimation of Population Distribution
279(6)
Estimation of Population Parameters
285(3)
Frequency Analysis
288(6)
Floods
294(5)
Summary
295(1)
Problems
295(4)
Surface-Water Hydrology
299(160)
Introduction
299(1)
Rainfall
299(24)
Local Rainfall
300(10)
Spatially Averaged Rainfall
310(2)
Design Rainfall
312(11)
Rainfall Abstractions
323(25)
Interception
323(2)
Depression Storage
325(1)
Infiltration
326(19)
Rainfall Excess on Composite Areas
345(3)
Runoff Models
348(39)
Time of Concentration
349(10)
Peak-Runoff Models
359(6)
Continuous-Runoff Models
365(22)
Routing Models
387(9)
Hydrologic Routing
387(7)
Hydraulic Routing
394(2)
Water Quality Models
396(4)
USGS Model
397(2)
EPA Model
399(1)
Design of Stormwater Management Systems
400(36)
Minor System
401(14)
Runoff Controls
415(21)
Major System
436(1)
Evapotranspiration
436(12)
The Penman-Monteith Equation
438(9)
Evaporation Pans
447(1)
Computer Models
448(11)
Summary
449(1)
Problems
450(9)
Ground-Water Hydrology
459(126)
Introduction
459(5)
Basic Equations of Ground-Water Flow
464(29)
Darcy's Law
464(12)
General Flow Equation
476(5)
Two-Dimensional Approximations
481(12)
Solutions of the Ground-Water Flow Equation
493(32)
Steady Uniform Flow in a Confined Aquifer
493(1)
Steady Uniform Flow in an Unconfined Aquifer
494(1)
Steady Unconfined Flow Between Two Reservoirs
495(3)
Steady Flow to a Well in a Confined Aquifer
498(3)
Steady Flow to a Well in an Unconfined Aquifer
501(3)
Steady Flow to a Well in a Leaky Confined Aquifer
504(5)
Steady Flow to a Well in an Unconfined Aquifer with Recharge
509(2)
Unsteady Flow to a Well in a Confined Aquifer
511(6)
Unsteady Flow to a Well in an Unconfined Aquifer
517(2)
Unsteady Flow to a Well in a Leaky Confined Aquifer
519(3)
Partially Penetrating Wells
522(3)
Principle of Superposition
525(5)
Multiple Wells
525(3)
Well in Uniform Flow
528(2)
Method of Images
530(6)
Constant-Head Boundary
530(3)
Impermeable Boundary
533(3)
Other Applications
536(1)
Saltwater Intrusion
536(5)
Ground-Water Flow in the Unsaturated Zone
541(4)
Engineered Systems
545(31)
Design of Wellfields
545(2)
Design of Water-Supply Wells
547(12)
Wellhead Protection
559(4)
Design of Aquifer Pumping Tests
563(5)
Slug Test
568(4)
Design of Exfiltration Trenches
572(4)
Computer Models
576(9)
Summary
577(1)
Problems
578(7)
Hydrologic Fate and Transport Processes
585(102)
Introduction
585(1)
Water Quality
585(12)
Measures of Water Quality
586(7)
Water-Quality Standards
593(4)
Fate and Transport Processes
597(4)
Rivers and Streams
601(26)
Initial Mixing
602(6)
Longitudinal Dispersion
608(3)
Spills
611(7)
Oxygen-Sag Model
618(9)
Lakes
627(12)
Near-Shore Mixing Model
628(2)
Eutrophication
630(4)
Thermal Stratification
634(1)
Completely Mixed Model
635(4)
Ocean Discharges
639(14)
Near-Field Mixing
640(8)
Far-Field Mixing
648(5)
Ground Water
653(25)
Dispersion Models
655(6)
Transport Processes
661(7)
Fate Processes
668(8)
Nonaqueous-Phase Liquids
676(2)
Computer Models
678(9)
Summary
680(1)
Problems
681(6)
Appendices
A Units and Conversion Factors687(4)
A.1 Units
687(1)
A.2 Conversion Factors
688(3)
B Fluid Properties691(2)
B.1 Water
691(1)
B.2 Organic Compounds Found in Contaminated Water
692(1)
C Geometric Properties of Plane Surfaces693(2)
D Statistical Tables695(4)
D.1 Areas Under Standard Normal Curve
695(2)
D.2 Critical Values of the Chi-Square Distribution
697(1)
D.3 Critical Values for the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test Statistic
698(1)
E Special Functions699(2)
E.1 Error Function
699(1)
E.2 Gamma Function
700(1)
F Bessel Functions701(6)
F.1 Definition
701(1)
F.2 Evaluation of Bessel Functions
701(2)
F.2.1 Bessel Function of the First Kind of Order n
702(1)
F.2.2 Bessel Function of the Second Kind of Order n
702(1)
F.2.3 Modified Bessel Function of the First Kind of Order n
702(1)
F.2.4 Modified Bessel Function of the Second Kind of Order n
702(1)
F.3 Tabulated Bessel Functions
703(4)
F.3.1 I0(x), K0(x), I1(x), and K1(x)
703(4)
G Drinking-Water Standards707(4)
G.1 Primary Drinking-Water Standards
707(2)
G.2 Secondary Drinking-Water Standards
709(2)
Bibliography711(22)
Index733
David A. Chin, P.E., is Department Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Dr. Chin is a graduate of the California Institute of Technology and the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has held positions in hydropower engineering with Harza Engineering Company in Chicago and is a recipient of the prestigious Collingwood Prize awarded by the American Society of Environmental Engineers. Dr. Chin is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and a Fellow of the ASCE. His technical articles have been published in numerous journals including Water-Resources Research, Journal of Hydrology and the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, among others.

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