Principles of River Hydraulics

• Main Author: Armanini, Aronne (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Engineering geology.; Engineering-Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Hydrology.; Hydrogeology.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Hydrology/Water Resources.

This book presents key principles of the hydraulics of river basins, with a unique focus on the interplay between stream flows and sediment transport. Addressing a number of basic topics related to the hydraulics of natural waterways, it above all emphasizes applicative aspects in order to provide t...

Table of Contents:

• Roughness in Fixed-Bed Streams
• Introduction to Sediment Transport
• Initiation of Sediment Motion
• Resistance to Flow in Mobile-Bed Channels
• Bed-Load Transport.