Fluvial Hydrodynamics Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Phenomena /

• Main Author: Dey, Subhasish (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Sedimentology.; Physical geography.; Geophysics.; Fluid mechanics.; Earth Sciences.; Physical Geography.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

The state-of-the-art in fluvial hydrodynamics can be examined only through a careful exploration of the theoretical development and applied engineering technology. The book will be primarily focused, since most up-to-date research findings in the field will be presented, on the research aspects that...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Hydrodynamic Principles
• Turbulence in Open Channel Flows
• Sediment Threshold
• Bed-Load Transport
• Suspended-Load Transport
• Total-Load Transport
• Bedforms
• River Processes: Meandering and Braiding
• Scour
• Dimensional Analysis and Similitude.