This secondary edition of Essentials of Open Channel Stream concentrates on principles followed by clear, fully-resolved examples, and practical computational tools such as spreadsheets and business standard software. It develops on a base in fluid mechanics and presents the essentials of a significant course in open channel stream for senior undergraduates or graduate students: power, momentum, friction, and increasingly diverse stream, both qualitative and quantitative. This edition provides additional coverage of design applications, including culvert design, a wider range of channel shapes, and an update of the US Corps of Engineers’ HEC-RAS program. It demonstrates how a couple of straightforward equations can solve a variety of significant issues. The energy-depth and momentum-depth relationships are examined graphically and the book’s website presents unique animations displaying actual stream dynamics of some transient stream issues, in addition to solutions to end-of-chapter issues and PowerPoint slides for instructors.
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