Hydraulic Design Handbook [Hardcover]

Larry W Mays (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0070411522 | ISBN-13: 978-0070411524 | Publication Date: July 29, 1999 | Edition: 1

* Easy-to-follow guide to data otherwise offered in several difficult federal handbooks
* Includes all relevant regulations from the EPA, NOAA, Federal Highway Administration, and other public agencies
* Covers hydraulic design for water supply, water excess management, and environmental considerations
* Features the contributions of experts in specific hydraulic design areas

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Review

This comprehensive guide on hydraulic engineering covers all aspects of the field, including subsurface flow and transport, hydraulics design for energy generation, water distribution system design, water and wastewater treatment plants, and the hydraulics of pressurized flow. [..] -- Civil Engineering

From the Back Cover

At last, needed hydraulic design answers are instantly at hand! This all-inclusive compendium of authoritative information from the world's leading experts is the first comprehensive guide to practical hydraulic engineering. Long needed, Hydraulic Design Handbook can save you hours of searching through journals and fine-print government publications. This unique reference gives you current, best practice methods, tips, guidelines, and examples to help you handle any hydraulic design challenge. It features:

* Comprehensive coverage of all areas of hydraulic engineering
* Authoritative, up-to-date methods from top engineers in each specialty
* The latest hydraulic design engineering practices for environmental concerns
* Many detailed case studies and examples
* Hundreds of helpful illustrations and timesaving tables

From the underlying principles of hydraulics -- including findings from recent research -- to help with computer modeling and the design of hydraulic structures -- from channels to floodgates -- Hydraulic Design Handbook gives you the practical, hands-on tools you need. Destined to be the reference of choice for practicing hydraulic designers, it's also the ideal choice for those just getting their feet wet -- the ideal sourcebook to help you get to the top!

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1024 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (July 29, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070411522
• ISBN-13: 978-0070411524
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,876,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Book Content and Errors, May 1, 2000

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Gibriel Kargbo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hydraulic Design Handbook (Hardcover)

This is an excellent reference for the practising engineer. However, some serious revision need to be done by the authors to correct the numerous spelling errors which make reading some parts of the book difficult.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great reference text, April 20, 2008

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Dan "Packman" (Perth, WA Australia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hydraulic Design Handbook (Hardcover)

This text book covers a wide range of hydraulics applications. As a practicing engineer, I have always reasearched different text books and collected those that will provide me with a reference text I Can make use of throughout my professional career. This book covers many topics in sufficient detail that often no further references are required. A good example is the section on Hydraulic Dissipation Structures that includes illustrations from 'Small Dam Design' by USBR that summarise the various types of structures and the equations required to designate their dimensions. I would happily recommend this to civil engineering colleagues in this area of engineering.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book but LOADED with errors., January 8, 2010

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civilnick "civilnick" (PA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hydraulic Design Handbook (Hardcover)

An excellent book but LOADED with errors. I bought this handbook for the civil engineering licensure exam, but after some serious review, I don't think I'll use it. I found numerous equations and conversions that were obviously wrong. I like the book and appreciate the vast amount of material covered by it, but would not recommend it until subsequent revisions corrected the many mistakes.