Ebook: Environmental Hydraulics of Open Channel Flows

Content:
Preface, Pages ix-xv
Acknowledgments, Pages xvi-xvii
About the author, Pages xviii-xix
Glossary, Pages xxii-xliv
List of symbols, Pages xlv-liii
1 - Introduction, Pages 3-10
2 - Fundamentals of open channel flows, Pages 11-34
3 - Introduction to mixing and dispersion in natural waterways, Pages 37-48
4 - Turbulent shear flows, Pages 49-64
5 - Diffusion: Basic theory, Pages 65-74
6 - Advective diffusion, Pages 75-80
7 - Turbulent dispersion and mixing: 1. Vertical and transverse mixing, Pages 81-98
8 - Turbulent dispersion and mixing: 2. Longitudinal dispersion, Pages 99-116
9 - Turbulent dispersion in natural systems, Pages 117-143
10 - Mixing in estuaries, Pages 144-176
Part 2 - Revision exercises, Pages 177-182
11 - Unsteady open channel flows: 1. Basic equations, Pages 185-222
12 - Unsteady open channel flows: 2. Applications, Pages 223-262
13 - Unsteady open channel flows: 3. Application to dam break wave, Pages 263-301
14 - Numerical modelling of unsteady open channel flows, Pages 302-315
Part 3 - Revision exercises, Pages 316-321
15 - Interactions between flowing water and its surroundings: Introduction, Pages 325-330
16 - Interaction between flowing water and solid boundaries: Sediment processes, Pages 331-347
17 - Interaction between flowing water and free surfaces: Self-aeration and air entrainment, Pages 348-398
Appendix A - Constants and fluid properties, Pages 399-402
Appendix B - Unit conversions, Pages 403-405
References, Pages 406-419
Abbreviations of journals and institutions, Pages 420-421
Common bibliographical abbreviations, Page 421
Index, Pages 423-430