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Product Description: The first International Conference on Hydraulic Design in Water Resources Engineering held at Southampton University in 1984 brought together engineers interested in channels and channel control structures. It was well attended, very successful and generated papers relating to control and diversion structures, sediment control facilities for headworks and intakes, canals under quasi-steady flow conditions, computer simulation of irrigation and drainage canal systems under unsteady flow conditions, and sediment problems in rivers and the effects of engineering works on the regime of rivers...read more

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Product Description: Papers presented at the Fourth International Symposium on Integrity of Offshore Structures, 2-3 July 1990, Kelvin Conference Centre, University of Glasgow, Scotland organized by the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

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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. Fully revised and updated, this new edition contains enhanced texts and sections on: environmental issues and the World Commission on Dams partially saturated soils, small amenity dams, tailing dams, upstream dam face protection and the rehabilitation of embankment dams RCC dams and the upgrading of masonry and concrete dams flow over stepped spillways and scour in plunge pools cavitation, aeration and vibration of gates risk analysis and contingency planning in dam safety small hydroelectric power development and tidal and wave power wave statistics, pipeline stability, wave–structure interaction and coastal modelling computational 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 the main text and extensive lists of references conclude each chapter. Hydraulic Structures provides advanced students with a solid foundation in the subject and is a useful reference source for researchers, designers and other professionals.

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Based on a highly successful course for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, this major new text book provides a comprehensive treatment of hydraulic structures, including their geotechnical aspects. Part 1 provides thorough coverage of dam engineering and related topics and Part II discusses a wide range of other hydraulic structures from river engineering, to hydroelectric power development, to coastal engineering. The main objective of the book is to build on an assumed background in hydraulics, soil mechanics, engineering materials and some knowledge of engineering hydrology, to provide not a monograph or design manual but an essential teaching text. Worked examples supplement the main text, and extensive lists of references conclude each chapter. Its closely knit team of authors are led by Professor Novak, an eminent hydraulic engineer. Readership - students of hydraulics; research and professional engineers. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Hardbound. This book summarizes the author's 18 years research and engineering experience at universities, classification societies and design offices. The intention is to develop this book as a textbook for graduate students, as it includes design guidelines for engineers and references for researchers...read more