Environmental hydraulics of open channel flows. (2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hubert Chanson.
• Other Names: Chanson, Hubert
• Contents: PART 1 Introduction to Open Channel Floes; Introduction; Fundamentals of open channel flows.; PART 2 Turbulent Mixing and Dispersion in Rivers and Estuaries: An Introduction; Introduction to mixing and dispersion in natural waterways; Turbulent shear flows; Diffusion: basic theory; Advective diffusion; Turbulent dispersion and mixing: 1 Vertical and transverse mixing; Turbulent dispersion and mixing: 2. Longitudinal dispersion; Turbulent dispersion in natural systems; Mixing in estuaries: Part 2 Revision exercises; PART 3 Introduction to Unsteady Open Channel Flows; Unsteady open channel flows: 1. Basic equations; Unsteady open channel flows: 2. Applications; Unsteady open channel flows: 3. Application to dam break wave; Numerical modelling of unsteady open channel flows; Revision exercises. PART 4 Interactions between Flowing Water and its Surroundings: Introduction; Interaction between flowing water and solid boundaries: sediment processes; Interaction between flowing water and free surfaces: self aeration and air entrainment.
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (liii, 430 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 627.042; Channels (Hydraulic engineering); Environmental hydraulics; Canales (Ingeniería hidráulica); Hidráulica ambiental; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Hydraulics; Channels (Hydraulic engineering); Environmental hydraulics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080472690; 0080472699
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 406-421) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.