Handbook of Hydraulics, Eighth Edition

Preface to the Eighth Edition <br/>Preface to the First Edition <br/>Section 1 Fluid Properties and Hydraulic Units <br/>Fluid Properties <br/>Hydraulic Units <br/>Reference <br/>Section 2 Hydrostatics <br/>Fluid Pressure <br/>Atmospheric Pressure <br/>Manometers <br/>Pressure Forces on Plane Surfaces <br/>Pressure Forces on Curved Surfaces <br/>Uniform Pressure on Cylindrical Surfaces <br/>Uniform Pressure on Spherical Surfaces <br/>Pressures on Spillway Sections of Dams <br/>Uplift Pressure on Dams <br/>Stability of Dams <br/>References <br/>Section 3 Fundamental Concepts of Fluid Flow <br/>Classification of Flow <br/>Continuity <br/>Energy and the Bernoulli Equation <br/>Siphons <br/>Venturi Meters <br/>Cavitation <br/>Momentum Concepts <br/>Dimensional Analysis and Similitude <br/>References <br/>Section 4 Orifices, Gates, and Tubes <br/>Fundamental Equations <br/>Path of Jet <br/>Orifices under Low Heads <br/>Discharge under Falling Head <br/>Orifice Coefficients <br/>Submerged Orifices <br/>Gates <br/>Pipe Orifices <br/>Tubes <br/>Standard Short Tubes <br/>Nozzles <br/>Submerged Tubes <br/>Culverts <br/>References <br/>Section 5 Weirs <br/>Fundamental Principles <br/>Sharp-Crested Weirs <br/>Horizontal Sharp-Crested Weirs with L/b = 1 <br/>Horizontal Sharp-Crested Weirs with End Contractions <br/>V-Notch Weirs <br/>Submerged Sharp-Crested Weirs <br/>Weirs Not Sharp-Crested <br/>Broad-Crested Weirs <br/>Weirs of Triangular Section <br/>Weirs of Trapezoidal Section <br/>Weirs of Irregular Section <br/>Spillway Sections <br/>Selection and Use of Weirs <br/>Weirs for Measuring Stream Flow <br/>References <br/>Section 6 Pipes <br/>Fundamental Principles <br/>Loss of Energy due to Friction <br/>Laminar Flow in Pipes <br/>Turbulent Flow in Pipes <br/>Selection of Energy-Loss Equation and Friction Factor <br/>Minor Losses <br/>Loss at Entrance <br/>Loss of Head due to Enlargement <br/>Loss of Head due to Contraction <br/>Loss of Head due to Gate Valves <br/>Loss of Head due to Bends <br/>Compound Pipes <br/>Distribution Networks <br/>Hardy Cross Solution <br/>Nodal Method <br/>References <br/>Section 7 Steady Uniform Flow in Open Channels <br/>Elements of a Cross Section <br/>Sectional Forms <br/>Most Efficient Channel Section <br/>Energy Losses in Open Channels <br/>Laminar Flow with Free Surface <br/>Turbulent Flows in Open Channels <br/>The Manning Equation <br/>Roughness Coefficients <br/>Noneroding Velocities <br/>Air Entrainment <br/>References <br/>Section 8 Open Channels with Nonuniform Flow <br/>Rapidly Varied Flow <br/>Constant-Discharge Relations <br/>Constant-Energy Relations <br/>Analytical Solutions of Constriction Problems <br/>Critical Depth—General Case <br/>Critical Depth in Rectangular Channels <br/>Critical Depth in Triangular Channels <br/>Critical Depth in Trapezoidal Sections <br/>Critical Depth in Circular Channels <br/>Critical-Depth Meters <br/>Critical Slope <br/>Channel Entrance <br/>Free Outfall <br/>Hydraulic Jump <br/>Hydraulic Jump for Small Slopes <br/>Force Equation <br/>Hydraulic-Jump Computations <br/>Hydraulic Jump in Trapezoidal Channels <br/>Hydraulic Jump in Rectangular Channels <br/>Hydraulic Jump in Sloping Channels <br/>Length of Jump <br/>Position of Jump <br/>Minor Losses <br/>Transition through Critical Depth without Jump <br/>Gradually Varied Flow <br/>Equations of Gradually Varied Flow and Generalized Profiles <br/>Methods of Computing Water-Surface Profiles <br/>Short Channels <br/>Chutes <br/>Flow over Very Steep Inclines <br/>References <br/>Section 9 High-Velocity Transitions <br/>Straight-Walled Constrictions <br/>Enlargements and Curved-Wall Constrictions <br/>Method of Characteristics <br/>High-Velocity Flow at Channel Bends <br/>References <br/>Section 10 Wave Motion and Forces <br/>Oscillatory Waves <br/>Surface Form <br/>Wave Celerity <br/>Wavelength <br/>Orbital Motion <br/>Group Velocity and Energy Transmission <br/>Refraction <br/>Variation of Wave Height with Depth <br/>Breaking Waves <br/>Characteristics of Wind-Generated Waves <br/>Wave Run-Up and Overtopping <br/>Wave Forces <br/>Wave Forces on Piling and Submerged Structures <br/>Wind Tides <br/>Translatory Waves <br/>Positive Waves <br/>Negative Waves <br/>References <br/>Section 11 Spatially Variable and Unsteady Flow <br/>Unsteady Open-Channel Flow <br/>Steady Spatially Variable Flow <br/>Unsteady Flow with Free Surface <br/>Water Hammer <br/>Pressure When T ≦ 2L/α <br/>Pressure When T ≧ 2L/α <br/>References <br/>Section 12 Measurement of Flowing Water <br/>Current Meter <br/>Pitot Tube <br/>Color Method <br/>Salt-Velocity Method <br/>Gibson Method <br/>Venturi Meter <br/>Pipe Orifice <br/>Standardized Nozzles <br/>California-Pipe Method <br/>Venturi Flume <br/>Critical-Depth Meter <br/>Contracted Opening <br/>Chemical Gauging <br/>Electromagnetic Flowmeters <br/>References <br/>Section 13 Computational Hydraulics <br/>Elementary Computational Concepts <br/>Solution by Successive Approximations <br/>Steady Nonuniform Flow in Prismatic Open Channels <br/>Steady Flow in Pipes <br/>Experimental Measurements—Least-Squares Analysis <br/>Unsteady Flow in Pipes and Open Channels <br/>Advanced Numerical Methods <br/>Finite-Difference Method <br/>Finite-Element Method <br/>References <br/>Section 14 Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Hydraulic Structures <br/>Introduction <br/>Composite Modeling <br/>Physical Modeling Overview <br/>Numerical Modeling Overview <br/>Composite Modeling Overview <br/>Summary and Conclusions <br/>References <br/>Index