Water Resources Engineering - Hardcover

Mays, Larry W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471297836 ISBN 13: 9780471297833

Publisher: Wiley, 2000

Synopsis

A straight-forward , easy to understand presentation of hydraulic and hydrologic processes using the control volume approach. The author extends these processes into practical applications for water use and water excess, including water distribution systems, stormwater control, and flood storage systems.

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From the Back Cover:

Water Resources Engineering Larry W. Mays Learn the principles and practice of water resources engineering from a leader in the field! From basic principles to professional practice—Larry Mays’s Water Resources Engineering provides you with the state-of-the-art in the field. Water Resources Engineering is a textbook that can be used for the first undergraduate courses in hydraulics, hydrology, and water resources engineering and for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in water resources engineering design. This book is also intended as a reference for practicing hydraulic engineers, civil engineers, mechanical engineers, environmental engineers, and hydrologists. With remarkable range and depth of coverage, Professor Mays presents a straight-forward, easy-to-understand presentation of hydraulic and hydrologic processes using the control volume approach. He then extends these processes into practical applications for water use and water excess, including water distribution systems, storm water control, and flood control. With its strong emphasis on analysis and design, this text will be a resource you’ll refer to throughout your career! Features

• Practical applications will prepare you for engineering practice.
• Coverage spans an extra ordinary range of topics.
• Many example problems with solutions will help you hone your problem-solving skills.
• Practice problems at the end of each chapter offer you the opportunity to apply what you’ve learned.
• Includes a review of basic fluid concepts and the control volume approach to fluid mechanics.

About the Author:

Larry W. Mays is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University and former chair of the department. He was formerly Director of the Center for Research in Water Resources at The University of Texas at Austin where he also held an Engineering Foundation Endowed Professorship. A registered professional engineer in seven states and a registered professional hydrologist, he has served as a consultant to many organizations. Professor Mays is author of Optimal Control for Hydrosystems (Marcel-Dekkar, Inc.), co-author of Applied Hydrology (McGraw-Hill) and Hydrosystems Engineering and Management (McGraw-Hill), and editor-in-chief of the Water Resources Handbook (McGraw-Hill), Hydraulic Design and Handbook (McGraw-Hill), and the Water Distribution Systems Handbook (McGraw-Hill). He was also editor-in-chief of Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems (ASCE) and co-editor of Computer Modeling of Free Surface and Pressurized Flows (Kluwer Academic Publishers). Among his honors include a distinguished alumnus award from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1999.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0471297836
• ISBN 13: 9780471297833
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 768