Check dams, morphological adjustments and erosion control in torrential streams [[electronic resource] /] / Carmelo Consesa Garcia and Mario Aristide Lenzi, editors
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| Titolo: |
Check dams, morphological adjustments and erosion control in torrential streams [[electronic resource] /] / Carmelo Consesa Garcia and Mario Aristide Lenzi, editors
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Nova Science, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 627/.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Dams |
| Stream channelization | |
| Soil conservation | |
| Altri autori: |
Consesa GarciaCarmelo
LenziMario A (Mario Aristide)
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""CHECK DAMS, MORPHOLOGICALADJUSTMENTS AND EROSION CONTROLIN TORRENTIAL STREAMS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ABOUT THE EDITORS""; ""TRADITIONAL USES OF CHECK DAMS:A GLOBAL AND HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SETTINGS""; ""MATERIALS""; ""FUNCTIONS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CRITERIA FOR OPTIMIZING CHECK DAM LOCATIONAND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""2.1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2.2. FACTORS INFLUENCING CHECK DAM LOCATION""; ""2.3. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CHECK DAMS""; ""2.4. DESIGN CRITERIA FOR CHECK DAM STRUCTURES"" |
| ""2.4.1. Distance between Check Dams and Effective Check Dam Height""""2.4.2. Drainage Area""; ""2.4.3. Height""; ""2.4.4. Number of Check Dams Needed Along a Channel""; ""2.4.5. Maximum Discharge and Spillway Dimensions""; ""2.4.6. Spillway Design""; ""2.5. THE EFFECT OF POROUS CHECK DAMS ON FINE SEDIMENTRETENTION""; ""2.6. STABILITY OF CHECK DAMS""; ""2.6.1. Gravity or Bulk Dams""; ""2.6.2. Temporary Check Dams""; ""2.7. MAINTENANCE CONSIDERATIONS""; ""2.7.1. Erosion Control""; ""2.7.2. Size of Gully and Its Relationship to a Torrent"" | |
| ""2.7.3. Criteria for the Selection of Gully Control Measures""""2.7.4. Criteria for Protection Measures""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""MODERN STRATEGIES FOR TORRENT CONTROL:SLIT AND W-WEIR CHECK DAMS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOUR OF A SLIT CHECK DAM""; ""THE CONTROL PROBLEM FOR A SLIT CHECK DAM WITHA LINEAR CROSS-SECTION""; ""THE DESIGN PROBLEM FOR A SLIT CHECK DAM WITH ALINEAR CROSS-SECTION""; ""SLIT CHECK DAM WITH AN HYPERBOLIC CROSS-SECTION""; ""HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOUR OF A W-WEIR CHECK DAM""; ""EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON W-WEIR""; ""CONCLUSION"" | |
| ""REFERENCES""""CHECK DAMS IN THE TORRENT CONTROL PRACTICEIN SMALL MOUNTAINOUS CATCHMENTS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1.1. Basic Characteristics of Torrents""; ""1.2. Torrent Control Systems""; ""2. CHECK DAMS FOR TORRENT CONTROL IN MOUNTAINOUSCATCHMENTS""; ""2.1. The Role and Types of Check Dams""; ""2.2. Check Dams in Classical European System for Torrent Control""; ""3. SOME PROBLEMS OF CHECK DAMS DESIGN""; ""3.1. The Determination of the Distance between the Check Dams in theTorrent Bed""; ""Some Formulas for the Calculation of the Slope of Siltation"" | |
| ""4. CONTEMPORARY TRENDS AND TYPES OF CHECK DAMS FORTORRENT CONTROL IN EUROPE"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Check dams, morphological adjustments and erosion control in torrential streams |
| ISBN: | 1-61761-749-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791837303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Environmental science, engineering and technology series.