Understanding hydraulics / Les Hamill.
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TextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxi, 631 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: - 0230242758 (pbk.)
- 9780230242753 (pbk.)
- 532 HAM
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 532 HAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100442459 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Covering all the fundamental topics in hydraulics and hydrology, this textbook is an accessible, thorough and trusted introduction to the subject. The text builds confidence by encouraging readers to work through examples, try simple experiments and continually test their own understanding as the book progresses. This hands-on approach aims to show students just how interesting hydraulics and hydrology is, 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 is essential 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.Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/understanding-hydraulics. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.
Covering the full range of material needed by civil engineering students in their study of hydraulics, this new edition includes hydraulic structures and an introduction to hydrology. Self-test questions, with answers, are included.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- 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
- Index