Water Resources and Hydraulics

This new textbook introduces the concepts and tools essential for upper-level undergraduate study in water resources and hydraulics.

Xixi Wang (Author)

9781108492478, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 7 January 2021

632 pages, 304 b/w illus. 74 tables
25.3 x 19.8 x 3.2 cm, 1.52 kg

'This is a well-designed hydrologic and hydraulic engineering textbook. It covers primary theories of hydrology and hydraulics with a lot of clearly explained examples. The unique design of annotated equations makes it very helpful for both teaching and learning.' Zoe Li, McMaster University

This exciting new textbook introduces the concepts and tools essential for upper-level undergraduate study in water resources and hydraulics. Tailored specifically to fit the length of a typical one-semester course, it will prove a valuable resource to students in civil engineering, water resources engineering, and environmental engineering. It will also serve as a reference textbook for researchers, practicing water engineers, consultants, and managers. The book facilitates students' understanding of both hydrologic analysis and hydraulic design. Example problems are carefully selected and solved clearly in a step-by-step manner, allowing students to follow along and gain mastery of relevant principles and concepts. These examples are comparable in terms of difficulty level and content with the end-of-chapter student exercises, so students will become well equipped to handle relevant problems on their own. Physical phenomena are visualized in engaging photos, annotated equations, graphical illustrations, flowcharts, videos, and tables.

Preface
How to use this textbook
1. Introduction
2. Overview of hydromechanics
3. Watershed and hydrologic processes
4. Synthetic storm and design discharge
5. Hydraulic machinery
6. Open channel flow and channel design
7. Pressurized pipe flow
8. Hydraulic structures
9. Groundwater hydraulics
10. Unsteady-state flow
Appendix I. Notations
Appendix II. Constants and units conversion factors
Appendix III. Microsoft excel solver
Appendix IV. Derivative and integral
Appendix V. Hydrologic and hydraulic models
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Water supply & treatment [TQSW], Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Civil engineering, surveying & building [TN], Hydraulics & pneumatics [TGMF2], Drought & water supply [RNFD], Hydrology & the hydrosphere [RBK], Geological surface processes [geomorphology RBGD]