Handbook of Hydraulics, 8th Edition

Fully Updated Hydraulics Engineering Concepts, Methods, and Practices

This thoroughly revised resource offers comprehensive coverage of every aspect of hydraulics. Handbook of Hydraulics, Eighth Edition, features the latest data and computational modeling techniques and clearly explains cutting-edge methods, processes, and technologies. You will get more than 80 dependable tables and graphs, sample equations, and real-world examples. This single source for on-the-job hydraulics engineering information will save time and ensure accuracy in performing hydraulic calculations.

Coverage includes:

• Fluid properties and hydraulic units
• Hydrostatics
• Fundamental concepts of fluid flow
• Orifices, gates, and valves
• Weirs
• Pipes
• Steady uniform flow in open channels
• Open channels with non-uniform flow
• High-velocity transitions
• Wave motion and forces
• Spatially variable and unsteady flow
• Measurement of flowing water
• Computational hydraulics
• Physical and mathematical modeling of hydraulic structures

Preface to the Eighth Edition
Preface to the First Edition

Chapter 1 : Fluid Properties and Hydraulic Units
Chapter 2 : Hydrostatics
Chapter 3 : Fundamentals Concepts of Fluid Flow
Chapter 4 : Orifices, Gates, and Tubes
Chapter 5 : Weirs
Chapter 6 : Pipes
Chapter 7 : Steady Uniform Flow in Open Channels
Chapter 8 : Open Channels with Nonuniform Flow
Chapter 9 : High-Velocity Transitions
Chapter 10 : Wave Motion and Forces
Chapter 11 : Spatially Variable and Unsteady Flow
Chapter 12 : Measurement of Flowing Water
Chapter 13 : Computational Hydraulics
Chapter 14 : Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Hydraulic Structures

Index