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Environmental hydraulics of open channel flows /
Environmental Hydraulics is a new text for students and professionals studying advanced topics in river and estuarine systems. The book contains the full range of subjects on open channel flows, including mixing and dispersion, Saint-Venant equations method of characteristics and interactions betwee...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.