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Edward Arnold · First published 1999

The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow — An Introduction

About this book

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-world hydraulic structures, and solution sets keyed to the chapters of the book.

The text develops the energy and momentum approach to open-channel flow from first principles, working through Manning's equation and the friction relationships of uniform flow, the differential treatment of gradually-varied flow profiles, the energy dissipation of the hydraulic jump and its application to stilling-basin design, and the rapidly-varied transitions of weirs, drop structures and spillways.

Hubert Chanson took an Ingénieur diplômé at Grenoble, a PhD at Canterbury (NZ) and a DEng at the University of Queensland, where he has been on the civil-engineering faculty since 1990. His research on stepped spillways, mountain torrents, estuarine mixing and air–water two-phase flow extended the volume's scope, and a second edition issued by Butterworth-Heinemann in 2004 added expanded hydraulic-modelling coverage.

About the author

Hubert Chanson— Professor in Civil Engineering, University of Queensland

Hydraulic Engineering

Affiliations: School of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland — hydraulic engineering and environmental fluid mechanics (faculty since 1990)

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Intended audience

  • civil engineering graduates
  • hydraulic engineers
  • water resources practitioners

Subject classification

  • Hydraulic engineering
  • Open-channel hydraulics
  • Civil engineering

Scope

  • uniform flow & Manning's equation
  • gradually-varied flow
  • hydraulic jumps & stilling basins
  • spillway and channel design

Edition history

First published
1999
Latest edition
2nd edition (2004)
Imprint
Edward Arnold

Bibliographic details

FormatISBNYearNotes
1st edition (Arnold companion site ref)03407406711999Referenced on author's support page via companion URL.
ISBN-13 (EAN-13)97803407406751999Standard 13-digit form of the print ISBN above (same catalogue line).
2nd edition97807506597892004Author support page states Butterworth-Heinemann 2nd edition ISBN.
2nd edition (Google Books metadata)97800804729732004Google Books catalog record ISBN-13 as indexed.

Edition timeline

  • 1999

    First edition issued by Arnold; companion URL includes 0340740671.

  • 2004

    Second edition published by Butterworth-Heinemann with expanded hydraulic modelling coverage.

Source notes

  • Hubert Chanson support page — Lists 2nd edition ISBN 978 0 7506 5978 9 and first-edition companion id 0340740671.
  • Google Books bibliographic record — Confirms 2nd edition (Elsevier, 2004) and indexed ISBN value.

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