Water resources engineering /
Larry W. Mays
- Second edition
- New Jersey : John Wiley & Son, Inc., c2010
- xxvii, 890 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents About the Author. Acknowledgments. Preface. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Water Resources Sustainability. Chapter 3 Hydraulic Processes: Flow and Hydrostatic Forces. Chapter 4 Hydraulic Processes: Pressurized Pipe Flow. Chapter 5 Hydraulic Processes: Open-Channel Flow. Chapter 6 Hydraulic Processes: Groundwater Flow. Chapter 7 Hydrologic Processes. Chapter 8 Surface Runoff. Chapter 9 Reservoir and Stream Flow Routing. Chapter 10 Probability, Risk, and Uncertainty Analysis for Hydrologic and Hydraulic Design. Chapter 11 Water Withdrawals and Uses. Chapter 12 Water Distribution. Chapter 13 Water for Hydroelectric Generation. Chapter 14 Flood Control. Chapter 15 Stormwater Control: Storm Sewers and Detention. Chapter 16 Stormwater Control: Street and Highway Drainage and Culverts. Chapter 17 Design of Spillways and Energy Dissipation for Flood Control Storage and Conveyance Systems. Chapter 18 Sedimentation and Erosion Hydraulics. Chapter 19 Water Resources Management for Sustainability. Appendix A Newton Raphson Method. Finding the Root for a Single Nonlinear Equation. Application to Solve Manning's Equation for Normal Depth. Finding the Roots of a System of Nonlinear Equations. Index.
The second edition now provides them with the most up-to-date information along with a remarkable range and depth of coverage. * Two new chapters have been added that explore water resources sustainability and water resources management for sustainability.