Biography
Hubert Chanson is a hydraulics engineer whose field studies of stepped spillways, mountain torrents and estuarine mixing reintroduced high-quality photographic documentation to undergraduate teaching. The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow, published through Arnold and later Taylor & Francis, became a standard reference for energy-depth relationships, hydraulic jumps, control structures and two-phase (air–water) flows; IAHR and the Institution of Civil Engineers have recognised his teaching and research with major prizes (including the Ippen Award and Baker Medal). The companion Arnold support site mirrored his Queensland teaching packs—worked tutorials, image libraries and safety notes for hydraulic structures.
Published writings & editorial work
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- The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow — An Introduction
First published 1999 · 2nd edition (2004) · Edward Arnold
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Hubert Chanson's graduate-level introduction to open-channel hydraulics — uniform and gradually-varied flow, hydraulic jumps, rapidly-varied transitions, and the design of spillways and channels. Arnold hosted a companion support site with worked exercises, photographs of real…