Hydraulic Engineering

CHE V contains 40 technical papers from the 5th International Technical Conference on Hydraulic Engineering (CHE 2017), held in Shanghai (China) 15—17 December 2017. The conference served as a major forum to promote technological progress and activities, technical transfer and cooperation, and oppor..

This book provides 1-page short biographies of scientists and engineers working in the area of hydraulic engineering and fluid dynamics in the USA. On each page, a notable individual is highlighted by: (1) Exact dates and locations of birth and death; (2) Educational and professional details, includ..

The need for a comprehensive book on spillways and energy dissipators has been increasing for a long time. This book explores all aspects of spillways and energy dissipators with adequate coverage of recent advances in the field and brings out a comprehensive treatise in research and design. Drawing..

This work offers a discussion of the latest research pertaining to the hydraulic design of spilways and to hydraulic engineering in general. The topics covered include: two-phase flow characteristics; the inception of air entrainment; and uniform .....

Produced for the International Association for Hydraulic Research, this monograph covers fluctuating and mean hydrodynamic forces, hydrodynamic forces on high-head gates, and hydrodynamic forces on low-head gates i.e. only the forces induced by fl.....

Considers hyperconcentrated flow, a phenomenon peculiar to the Yellow River Basin. The feasibility of using the potential for sediment carrying by hyperconcentrated flow can also be applied to topics such as hypertransport, debris flow and sedimen.....

Introduction to Bed, Bank and Shore Protection provides students and professional engineers with the understanding and guidance to prevent the erosion of movable beds, banks and shorelines...

Introduction to Bed, Bank and Shore Protection provides students and professional engineers with the understanding and guidance to prevent the erosion of movable beds, banks and shorelines. The blend of theory and practice provides the reader with useful knowledge that can be applied to a wide range..

Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs contains the state-of-the-art on this still non-conventional hydraulic structure, demonstrates that dam engineering currently experiences a strong revival of labyrinth oriented weirs, and is particularly of interest to academia, researchers and professionals working in ..

Summarizing the last developments on labyrinth oriented weirs, Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs II – PKW 2013 constitutes the state-of-the-art in research and application of piano key weir solutions, and will be invaluable to professionals and scientists interested in Dams Engineering...

Presents the quantification of mangrove responses to sedimentation and hydrodynamics. This work assesses coastal changes that revealed substantial on-going coastal erosion along the coasts of Southern Thailand. It shows that water turbulence and seedling herbivory had the most important impacts on m..

This book presents the quantification of mangrove responses to sedimentation and hydrodynamics, the assessment of coastal dynamics of Southern Thailand and the development of predictive mangrove colonization models. The assessment of coastal changes revealed substantial on-going coastal erosion alon..