Contenido Hydraulics for civil engineers

Hydraulics for Civil Engineers provides a thorough introduction to the principles of hydraulics and fluid mechanics. Combining core theories with the need for sustainable solutions, the book covers all the fundamental areas in hydraulics, including pressure in liquids, real flow in pipes, turbines and pumps, hydrology of surface water drainage, coastal hydraulics and hydrology of river flow. Key concepts and designs are explored using real-life scenarios with easily digestible topic summaries offered throughout each chapter.

Produced by the Institution of Civil Engineers, ICE Textbooks offer clear, concise and practical information on the major principles of civil and structural engineering. They are an indispensable companion to undergraduate audiences, providing students with:

    A comprehensive introduction to core engineering subjects
    Real-life case studies and worked examples
    Practice questions, exercises and supplementary online solutions available
    Key learning aims and chapter summaries
    Further reading suggestions

Table of Contents

Pressure in liquids: Its effects and measurements

- Introduction
- Density and pressure within a liquid
- Measurement of pressure
- Forces on immersed surfaces
- Buoyancy and flotation

Conservation equations applied to flow of liquid in pipes

- Introduction
- Continuity equation
- Momentum equation
- Bernoulli ( or Energy ) Equation
- Reference

Real flow in pipes

- Introduction
- Viscosity of fluids
- Laminar and turbulent flow
- Modification of Bernoulli equation for head loss due to friction
- Boundary layers in turbulent flow
- Derivation of a values and use in design charts
- References
. Further reading

Turbines and pumps

- Introduction
- Turbines
- Pumps
- Cavitation in turbines and pumps
- References
- Futher reading

 Steady uniform flow in open channels

- Introduction
- Sustainable design of river channels
- Basic definitons
- Discharge equations
- Velocity variation over channel cross-section
- Most economically efficient section
- Specific energy
- References
- Futher reading

Open channel flow with varying conditions

- Changes to flow regime
- Examples of flow changes
- Flow rate measurement based on changes in section
- Gradually varied flow

Hydrology of river flow

- Introduction
- Return period approach

Hydrology of surface water drainage

-  Introduction
-  Short duration rainfall intensity
-  Hydraulic design of surface water sewers
-  Sustainable drainage systems
-  Difference between grenfield and development runoff
-  References
-  Futher reading
   Hydrology of surface water drainage

Coastal hydraulics

-  Introduction
- Sea level records
- Mean sea level
- Astronomical tides
- Meteorological  effects,including surges
- Waves
- References
- Further reading

Dimensional analysis

- Introduction
- Dimensions
- Dimensions equatios
- Dimensional analysis
- Similarity
- Use of dimensionless numbers in model scaling
- References
- Futher reading
    
Two dimensional ideal flow

- Introduction
- Theoretical basis
- Uniform straight line flow
- Sources
- Sinks
- Free vortex
- Forced vortex
- Combination of flow

Index