Research perspectives in hydraulics and water resources engineering / edited by Rama Prasad & S. Vedula.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prasad, Rama.

Vedula, S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydraulics.

Water-supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 356 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contains ten state-of-the-art review articles on selected topics in hydraulics/fluid mechanics and water resources engineering, written by alumni of the Indian Institute of Science who hold senior academic positions in reputable scientific institutions and who are active in research. The articles have all been peer-reviewed. At the end of each contribution, a rich list of references is given, encompassing most of the work done all over the world on the topic of the article. The topics are of current interest to research workers in many countries.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Turbulent Jets: Application of Point Source Concept; 1 Introduction; 2 Submerged Outlets; 3 Transport Process; 4 Reichardt's Hypothesis; 5 Axially Symmetric Jet Solution; 6 Turbulent Jets from a Series of Holes; 7 Dual Mixing Lengths: Modified Reichardt's Hypothesis; 8 Three Dimensional Wall Jets; 9 Mean Velocity Field : Experimental Results ; 10 Use of Single Mixing Length for Three Dimensional Jets; 11 Co-flowing Jets ; 12 Experimental Verification ; 13 Diffusion of Jets in a Confined Space

14 Conclusions References; Velocity and Shear Distributions in Open Channels; 1 Introduction; 2 Various regions of flow; 3 Turbulent flow over smooth flat plate; 4 Turbulent flow through a circular pipe; 5 Turbulent flow through wide-open channels; 6 Turbulent flow in narrow open channels; 7 Experiments; 8 Formulation of velocity model; 9 Mean shear local shear and shear distribution; 10 Side wall correction procedure; 11 Friction factor; 12 Conclusions; References

Computation of Open-Channel Flows with Shocks: An Overview; 1 Introduction; 2 Governing Equations; 3 One-dimensional Shock Flow; 4 Two-Dimensional Shock Flow; 5 Summary And Suggestions For Future Work ; References; Scouring Horseshoe Vortex; 1 Introduction; 2 Visualization of Horseshoe Vortex (HSV)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789812777614

981277761X

OCLC:

847412309