Design of Canals

• Main Authors: Swamee, P.K (Author), Chahar, B.R (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Hydrology.; Water-supply.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Water Industry/Water Technologies.

The book presents firsthand material from the authors on design of hydraulic canals. The book discusses elements of design based on principles of hydraulic flow through canals. It covers optimization of design based on usage requirements and economic constraints. The book includes explicit design eq...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Objective Functions
• Basic Canal Hydraulics
• General Principles of Canal Design
• Design for Minimum Flow Area
• Minimum Section Cost Canals
• Minimum Water-Loss Canals Section
• Overall Minimum Cost Canal Sections
• Design of Canal Transitions
• Optimal Design of Transmission Canal
• Salient Features of Canal Route Alignment
• Lambert’s W-Function
• Schwarz-Christoffel Transform
• Solution of Cubic Equation
• Index.