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Understanding Hydraulics (PDF eBook) 3rd edition


Understanding Hydraulics (PDF eBook) 3rd edition

eBook by Hamill, Les

Understanding Hydraulics (PDF eBook)

£62.99

ISBN:
9780230345867
Publication Date:
16 Sep 2017
Edition:
3rd edition
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint:
Bloomsbury Academic
Pages:
656 pages
Format:
eBook
For delivery:
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Understanding Hydraulics (PDF eBook)

Description

Covering allthefundamentaltopics in hydraulics and hydrology, this textbook is an accessible, thorough and trustedintroduction to the subject. The textbuilds confidence byencouraging readers to work through examples, try simple experiments and continuallytesttheir own understanding as the book progresses.This hands-on approachaims to show studentsjusthow interestinghydraulics and hydrologyis,as well as providing an invaluable reference resource for practising engineers. There are numerous worked examples, self-test and revision questions to help students solve problems and avoid mistakes, and a question and answer feature to keep students thinking and engaging with the text.The text isessential reading for undergraduates from pre-degree through all undergraduate level courses and for practising engineers around the world.New to this Edition:- Updates on climate change, flood risk management, flood alleviation, design considerations when developing greenfield sites, and the design of storm water sewers - A new chapter on sustainable storm water management (referred to as sustainable drainage systems (SUDS) in the UK) including their advantages and disadvantages, the design of components such as permeable and porous pavements, swales, soakaways and detention ponds and flood routing through storage reservoirs.

Contents

Introduction Hydrostatics Pressure Measurement Stability of a Floating Body Fluids in Motion Flow Measurement Flow through Pipelines Flow under a Varying Head: Time Required to Empty a Reservoir Flow in Open Channels Hydraulic Structures Dimensional Analysis and Hydraulic Models Turbines and Pumps Introduction to Engineering Hydrology Applications of Engineering Hydrology Sustainable Drainage Systems Bibliography Appendix 1: Derivations of Equations Appendix 2: Solutions to Self Test Questions Appendix 3: Graph Paper.

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