Sedimentation engineering [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Vito A. Vanoni ; prepared by the ASCE Task Committee for the Preparation of the Manual on Sedimentation of the Sedimentation Committee of the Hydraulics Division

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458216903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2006
• ISBN: 0-7844-7134-7
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (431 p.)
• Collana: ASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ; ; no. 54
• Altri autori (Persone): VanoniVito A
• Disciplina: 627/.122
• Soggetti: Sediment transport; Soil conservation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "EWRI".; "Classic edition".; "This edition includes a new index originally prepared by Vito Vanoni after the first edition had already been published"--P. ix.; To be updated and complemented by: Sedimentation engineering : processes, measurements, modelling, and practice. (ASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ; no. 110).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Foreword to the First Edition""; ""CHAPTER I: NATURE OF SEDIMENTATION PROBLEMS""; ""A. Introduction""; ""B. Problems of Erosion""; ""C. Problems of Sediment Transport""; ""D. Problems of Sediment Deposition""; ""E. Solution of Sediment Problems""; ""F. Conclusions""; ""G. References""; ""CHAPTER II: SEDIMENT TRANSPORTATION MECHANICS""; ""A. Introduction""; ""B. Properties of Sediment""; ""C. Erosion of Sedimentâ€?Local Scour""; ""D. Suspension of Sediment""; ""E. Initiation of Motion""; ""F. Hydraulic Relations for Alluvial Streams""; ""G. Fundamentals of Sediment Transportation""""H. Sediment Discharge Formulas""; ""I. Wind Erosion and Transportation""; ""J. Transportation of Sediment in Pipes""; ""K. Density Currents""; ""L. Genetic Classification of Valley Sediment Deposits""; ""M. References""; ""CHAPTER III: SEDIMENT MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES""; ""A. Fluvial ; Sediment""; ""B. Reservoir Deposits""; ""C. Accelerated Valley Deposits""; ""D. Airborne Sediment""; ""E. Laboratory Procedures""; ""F. References""; ""CHAPTER IV: SEDIMENT SOURCES AND SEDIMENT YIELDS""; ""A. Introduction""; ""B. Erosion Rates from Sediment Sources""; ""C. Yield from Sediment Sources""""D. References""; ""CHAPTER V: SEDIMENT CONTROL METHODS""; ""A. Introduction""; ""B. Watershed Area""; ""C. Stream Channels""; ""D. Canals""; ""E. Reservoirs""; ""F. References""; ""CHAPTER VI: ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF SEDIMENTATION""; ""A. General Comment""; ""B. Deposition of Sediment""; ""C. Alluvial Channels""; ""D. Municipalities""; ""E. Sediment Removal""; ""F. References""; ""CHAPTER VII: AMERICAN SEDIMENTATION LAW AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES""; ""A. Introduction""; ""B. Rights in Land and Diffused Surface Waters""; ""C. Rights in Land and Defined Surface Waters""""D. Rights to be Free from Undue Damage Caused by Obstructions: Major Works of Improvement, Sediment Wedges, and Similar Causes""; ""E. Court Citations and Other References""; ""Appendix I: Conversion Factors""; ""Appendix II: Density and Viscosity of Water 0°Câ€?40°C""; ""Appendix III: Symbols""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""