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Research perspectives in hydraulics and water resources engineering /

This book contains ten state-of-the-art review articles on selected topics in hydraulics/fluid mechanics and water resources engineering, written by alumni of the Indian Institute of Science who hold senior academic positions in reputable scientific institutions and who are active in research. The a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Rama Prasad, Vedula, S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, Ã2002.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface ; Turbulent Jets: Application of Point Source Concept ; 1 Introduction ; 2 Submerged Outlets ; 3 Transport Process ; 4 Reichardt's Hypothesis ; 5 Axially Symmetric Jet Solution ; 6 Turbulent Jets from a Series of Holes.
  • 7 Dual Mixing Lengths: Modified Reichardt's Hypothesis 8 Three Dimensional Wall Jets ; 9 Mean Velocity Field : Experimental Results ; 10 Use of Single Mixing Length for Three Dimensional Jets ; 11 Co-flowing Jets ; 12 Experimental Verification ; 13 Diffusion of Jets in a Confined Space.
  • 14 Conclusions References ; Velocity and Shear Distributions in Open Channels ; 1 Introduction ; 2 Various regions of flow ; 3 Turbulent flow over smooth flat plate ; 4 Turbulent flow through a circular pipe ; 5 Turbulent flow through wide-open channels.
  • 6 Turbulent flow in narrow open channels 7 Experiments ; 8 Formulation of velocity model ; 9 Mean shear local shear and shear distribution ; 10 Side wall correction procedure ; 11 Friction factor ; 12 Conclusions ; References.
  • Computation of Open-Channel Flows with Shocks: An Overview 1 Introduction ; 2 Governing Equations ; 3 One-dimensional Shock Flow ; 4 Two-Dimensional Shock Flow ; 5 Summary And Suggestions For Future Work ; References ; Scouring Horseshoe Vortex ; 1 Introduction.