Open Channel Hydraulics is written for undergraduate and graduate civil engineering students, and practicing engineers.Written in clear and simple language, it introduces and explains all the main topics required for courses on open channel flows, using numerous worked examples to illustrate the key points.With coverage of both introduction to flows, practical guidance to the design of open channels, and more advanced topics such as bridge hydraulics and the problem of scour, Professor Akan's book offers an unparalleled user-friendly study of this important subject
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Elsevier Science & Technology
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Undergraduate and graduate civil engineering students, and practicing engineers
Maße
Höhe: 260 mm
Breite: 184 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-6857-6 (9780750668576)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Dr. A. Osman Akan, Emeritus Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Old Dominion University received his BSCE from the Middle East Technical University and MS and PhD from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.? During his over 40 years of service in academia as a teacher, researcher, and faculty administrator, Dr. Akan published numerous journal articles, book chapters and textbooks.? He received awards from the ASCE for two of his journal articles.? The proposed book would be the sixth textbook Dr. Akan has authored or co-authored.? He was a registered PE in the Commonwealth of Virginia until he retired in 2016.? Dr. Akan is an ASCE Fellow.
Autor*in
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
1. FUNDAMENTALS OF OPEN CHANNEL FLOW 2. ENERGY AND MOMENTUM PRINCIPLES 3. NORMAL FLOW 4. GRADUALLY VARIED FLOW 5. DESIGN OF OPEN CHANNELS 6. HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES 7. BRIDGE HYDRAULICS 8. INTRODUCTION TO UNSTEADY OPEN-CHANNEL FLOW
