Flow Through Open Channels - Softcover

Srivastava, Rajesh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195690389 ISBN 13: 9780195690385

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Designed to serve as a textbook for students pursuing a BTech or BE program in civil engineering, the book aims to impart a clear understanding of the concepts of open channel hydraulics. The book would also be useful for postgraduate students of civil engineering and practising engineers.

Beginning with an introductory chapter that classifies the flow into various categories, Flow Through Open Channels describes uniform flow, gradually varied flow, and rapid varied flow in great detail. The subsequent chapters provide a comprehensive coverage of channel transitions, spartially varied flow, and unsteady flow. A simplified introductory description of important topics such as flow in mobile bed channels and pollutant transport in open channels has also been included in the text. Solved examples with emphasis on numerical or approximate methods have been liberally used to explain the practical application of concepts learnt. Practice problems provided have been designed to enable the reader to apply his/her learning to a variety of situations and to urge the reader to think beyond the matter covered in the textbook. The lucid treatment in the book encourages self study and instills working knowledge of hydraulics in a student.

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About the Author

Rajesh Srivastava is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He is a gold medalist from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, formerly known as the University of Roorkee, and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, USA. He has also served as a research scientist at Soil, Water and Environmental Science Department, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Dr. Srivastava has published more than 70 papers in national and international journals as well as conference proceedings. He was awarded the GM Nawathe award for the best paper in the National Conference HYDRO both in 2005 and 2006. He was also awarded the best paper award in the APD conference of International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research in 2006.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195690389
• ISBN 13: 9780195690385
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432