Hydraulic Structures, Fourth Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (808 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 041538625X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 736 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Now includes Worked Examples for lectutrers in a companion pdf!The fourth edition of this volume presents design principles and practical guidance for key hydraulic structures. Hydraulic Structures provides advanced students with a solid foundation in the subject and is a useful reference source for researchers, designers and other professionals.. Fully revised and updated, this new edition contains enhanced texts and sections on:environmental issues and the World Commission on Damspartially saturated soils, small amenity dams, tailing dams, upstream dam face protection and the rehabilitation of embankment damsRCC dams and the upgrading of masonry and concrete damsflow over stepped spillways and scour in plunge poolscavitation, aeration and vibration of gatesrisk analysis and contingency planning in dam safetysmall hydroelectric power development and tidal and wave powerwave statistics, pipeline stability, wave–structure interaction and coastal modellingcomputational models in hydraulic engineering.The book's key topics are explored in two parts - dam engineering and other hydraulic structures – and the text concludes with a chapter on models in hydraulic engineering. Worked numerical examples supplement th
Gisonni, Journal of Hydraulic Research. It will definitely add to the current literature, with significant advantage for students and professionals in the field of hydraulic engineering.'- C. 'An excellent presentation of the most common hydraulic structures… this book is a natural enhancement of the previous successful edition
"It a great Book" according to Julio Acosta Rodríguez. Hydraulics Structructures by P. Novak is a good book for teaching Hydraulic Structures, it was recomended by friends. And i thinks can be used like text book in my class.
Professor Pavel Novak is Emeritus Professor and former Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UKProfessor Iain Moffat is Professorial Fellow in Dam Engineering in the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UKThe late Dr Chandramouli Nalluri was formerly Reader in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UKDr Rangaswami Narayanan is former Reader in the Department of Civil Engineering at UMIST/University of Manchester, UK