Handbook of Applied HydraulicsCalvin Victor Davis, Kenneth E. Sorensen This title provides state-of-the-art theory and practice for capacity building. The book is packed with real-life examples and is crafted for an audience of practitioners in capacity development with special attention to those working at intermediate levels between local and the national scales. |
Contents
Hydrology | 1-1 |
Basic Hydraulics | 2-2 |
Prototype Performance and Modelprototype Relationship | 3-1 |
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abutment analysis arch dams ASCE basin Bureau of Reclamation buttress buttress dams canal cantilever cavitation channel coefficient compaction computed concrete construction crest cross section curves depth determined developed diameter discharge drainage effect efficiency elevation embankment embankment dam energy Engineers equation factor factor of safety flood flow fluidway formula foundation Francis turbines friction gate gravity dam grout height hoist horizontal hydraulic hydraulic jump hydrograph impervious installation intake joints load loss material maximum method normal operation outlet penstock percent pipe pressure principal stress prototype pump-turbines pumped storage radial rainfall ratio reservoir River rock fill roller runner seal sediment seepage shear strength shear stress shown in Fig slope soil specific speed spillway steel structure surface tail water Tainter gate tests thickness tunnel turbine U.S. Army unit uplift upstream face usually values valve velocity head vertical water hammer wave