- Paperback - Number of Pages: 160 pages
- Dimensions: 188 x 244 x 14mm - 459.99g
- Publication date: 31 May 2014
- Publisher: ICE Publishing
- Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
- Language: English
Hydrostatics Density, pressure, head, forces on immersed horizontal, vertical and inclined plane surfaces; forces on immersed curved surfaces Buoyancy, metacentre, stable and unstable flotation Hydrodynamics Velocity and discharge; continuity, momentum & energy equations, viscosity, boundary layer, steady & unsteady flow, uniform and non-uniform flow, laminar & turbulent flow, Reynolds number, Venturi meter Flow in pipes, head losses in laminar & turbulent flow, losses at change in section, forces on pipes, reservoir & pipeline applications, pipe networks Turbines & pumps, efficiency, inclusion within systems Flow in Open Channels Steady flow, hydraulic radius, normal depth, hydraulic mean depth, Chezy & Manning equations, most efficient section, velocity variation across channel. Froude number & critical conditions' hydraulic jump, weirs, sluices & spillways Gradually varied flow, backwater curves Sustainable design of channels Waves Wavelength, celerity, period, energy transfer, breaking...