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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966481503321

Autore

Dingman S. L

Titolo

Fluvial hydraulics / / S. Lawrence Dingman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-19-770953-2

1-62870-170-6

1-282-05351-5

9786612053511

0-19-803856-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (570 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Soggetti

Streamflow

Fluid mechanics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 536-547) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Fluvial Hydraulics provides a sound qualitative and quantitative understanding of water and sediment flows in natural rivers. This understanding is essential for modeling and predicting hydrologic and geomorphologic processes, erosion, sediment transport, water supply and quality, habitat management, and flood hazards. This book's coverage bridges the gap between the highly quantitative mechanics-based civil-engineering approach to stream hydraulics and the more qualitative treatments of fluvial geomorphology typical of earth-sciences and natural-resources curricula. Measurements of natural river flows illustrate many central concepts.