Hydraulic Structures, Second Edition

Preface. Preface the first edition. Acknowledgements. List of tables. List of main symbols. Part One: Dam Engineering - Chapter One Elements of dam engineering. General; Introductory perspectives; Embankment dam types and characteristics; Concrete dam types and characteristics; Spillways, outlets and ancillary works; Site assessment and selection of type of dam; Loads on dams; References. Chapter Two Embankment dam engineering. Introduction; Nature of classification of engineering soils; Engineering characteristics of soils; Principles of design; Materials and construction; Seepage and analysis; Stability and stress; Settlement and deformation; Rockfill and rockfill embankments; Geosynthetics in embankment dams; Worked examples; References. Chapter Three: Concrete dam engineering. Loading: concepts and criteria; Gravity dam analysis; Buttress dam analysis; Arch dam analysis; Design features and construction; Concrete for dams; The roller-compacted concrete gravity dam; Worked examples; References. Chapter Four Dam outlet works. Introduction; The design flood; Flood routing; Freeboard; Sedimentation in reservoirs; Cavitation; Spillways; Bottom outlets; Worked examples; References. Chapter Five Energy dissipation. General; Energy dissipation on spillways; Stilling basins; Plunge pools; Energy dissipation at bottom outlets; Worked examples; References. Chapter Six Gates and valves. Classification of gates; Crest gates; High-head gates and valves; Hydrodynamic forces acting on gates; References. Chapter Seven Dam safety: instrumentation and surveillance. Introduction; Instrumentation; Surveillance; Dam safety legislation; Reservoir hazard analysis; References. Part Two: Other hydraulic structures - Chapter Eight River Engineering. Introduction; Some basic principles of open-channel flow; River morphology and regime; River surveys; Flow-measuring structures; River flood routing; River improvment; Worked examples; References. Chapter Nine Diversion works. Weirs and barrages; Intakes; Fish passes; References. Chapter Ten Cross-drainage and drop structures. Aqueducts and canal inlets and outlets; Culverts, bridges and dips; Drop structures; References. Chapter Eleven Inland waterways. Introduction; Definitions, classifications and some UK and other waterways; Multipurpose utilization of waterways; Transport on inland waterways; Canalization and navigation canals; Reistance of ships; Wave action on banks; Locks; Thrift locks; Lifts and inclined planes; Lock approaches; Inland ports; Worked examples; References. Chapter Twelve Hydroelectric power development. Introduction; Worldwide hydroelectric power development in perspective; Power supply and demand; Some fundamental definitions; Types of water power development; Head classification of hydropower plants; Streamflow data essential for the assessment of water-power potential; Hydraulic turbines and their selection; Other