TY - BOOK AU - Chanson,Hubert TI - The hydraulics of open channel flow: an introduction ; basic principles, sediment motion, hydraulic modelling, design of hydraulic structures SN - 0750659785 U1 - 627.23 21 PY - 2004/// CY - Oxford [UK], Burlington, MA PB - Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann KW - Channels (Hydraulic engineering) KW - Hydraulics N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 512-530) and indexes; Pt. 1; Basic principles of open channel flows --; 1; Introduction --; 2; Fundamental equations --; 3; Applications of the Bernoulli equation to open channel flows --; 4; Applications of the momentum principle : hydraulic jump, surge and flow resistance in open channels --; 5; Uniforms flows and gradually varied flows --; Pt. 2; Introduction of sediment transport in open channels --; 6; Introduction to sediment transport in open channels --; 7; Sediment transport and sediment properties --; 8; Inception of sediment motion : occurrence of bed load motion --; 9; Inception of suspended-load motion --; 10; Sediment transport mechanisms : 1. Bed-load transport --; 11; Sediment transport mechanisms : 2. Suspended-load transport --; 12; Sediment transport capacity and total sediment transport --; Pt. 3; Hydraulic modelling --; 13; Summary of basic hydraulic principles --; 14; Physical modelling of hydraulics --; 15; Numerical modelling of steady open channel flows : backwater computations --; 16; Unsteady open channel flows : 1. Basic equations --; 17; Unsteady open channel flows : 2. Applications --; Pt. 4; Design of hydraulic structures --; 18; Introduction to the design of hydraulic structures --; 19; Design of weirs and spillways --; 20; Design of drop structures and stepped cascades --; 21; Culvert design --; Problems --; P1; A study of the Marib dam and its sluicc system (B.C. 115 to A.D. 575) --; P2; A study of the Moeris reservoir, the Ha-Uar dam and the canal connecting the Nile River and Lake Moeris around B.C. 2900 to B.C. 230 --; P3; A study of the Moche river irrigation systems (Peru A.D. 200-1532) --; P4; Hydraulics of the Nimes aqueduct ER -