River Mechanics
River Mechanics
Pierre Y. Julien, Colorado State University
August 2002
Replaced By 9780521529709
Hardback
9780521562843
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9780521529709This textbook offers a thorough analysis of rivers from upland areas to oceans. Julien scrutinizes select methods underlining both theory and engineering applications, emphasizing the mechanics of flood wave propagation and sediment transport in rivers. Chapters provide detailed treatments of riverbank stabilization and engineering methods and cover physical and mathematical models. Together, they elucidate measures to reduce flood impact and bank erosion, improve navigation, and increase water supply to cities and irrigation canals. More than 100 exercises and nearly twenty case studies make this book an invaluable learning tool for students. Hardback ISBN (2002): 0-521-56284-8
- An extremely comprehensive treatment of river mechanics, from upland areas to oceans
- Contains numerous real-world examples and case studies illustrating how the methods taught within the text can be applied in practice
- Extremely well-illustrated
Product details
August 2002Hardback
9780521562843
454 pages
236 × 158 × 34 mm
0.842kg
240 b/w illus. 12 maps 49 tables 110 exercises
Replaced by 9780521529709
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Notation
- 1. Introduction to river mechanics
- 2. Physical properties and equations
- 3. River basins
- 4. Steady flow in rivers
- 5. Unsteady flow in rivers
- 6. River equilibrium
- 7. River dynamics
- 8. River stabilization
- 9. River engineering
- 10. Physical river models
- 11. Mathematical river models
- 12. Waves and tides in river estuaries
- Bibliography
- Index.
