1st Edition
Fluvial, Environmental and Coastal Developments in Hydraulic Engineering Proceedings of the International Workshop on State-of-the-Art Hydraulic Engineering, Bari, Italy, 16-19 February 2004
Comprising the Proceedings of the International Workshop on State-of-the-Art Hydraulic Engineering held in Bari, Italy on 16-19 February 2004, this volume presents an in-depth investigation of the energy loss of skimming flows under a range of discharges, step and dam heights, and channel slopes. Including a wealth of information, the volume is divided into the following key sections: air-water flows and transitional flows; stepped chute and transitional flows; environmental and coastal hydraulics with dispersion in estuaries and jets; and transitional flows. Fluvial, Environmental and Coastal Developments in Hydraulic Engineering constitutes a comprehensive and systematic analysis of topics, including certain findings and discussions which are virtually unprecedented in hydraulic literature. As such, the volume is undoubtedly an important one, and will prove to be of particular interest to scientists and students of hydraulics and fluid mechanics, engineers, and specialists in the field of environmental protection.
Preface
Air-water flows/Transitional flows
Stepped chute/Transitional flows
Environmental and coastal hydraulics with dispersion in estuaries and jets
Transitional flows
Acknowledgements
Author index
Biography
Michele Mossa, Youichi Yasuda, Hubert Chanson
"The book contains some useful results in various ongoing research fields of interest for hydraulic engineers. These relate in particular to airwater high-speed flows occurring on dam spillways, but also to the general effect of air in water flows. The complications of these two-phase flows in hydraulic modeling are explained, and limitations are given that may help researchers in their work. Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, 2006, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 142-143 (ISSN 0022-1686).
The book may be considered a timely result of recent observations in fascinating fields of hydraulic engineering." Journal of Hydraulic Engineering., ASCE, 2005, Vol. 131, No. 7, pp. 629-630 (ISSN 0733-9429).
"The authors were successful at completing the proceedings of this workshop within a relatively short period of time. There are only eight authors to this workshop, and the presentations are at the level of refereed conference papers. [..]
The appealing aspect of this book is that it contains a broad spectrum of information, including dimensional analysis, laboratory experiments and results, recent developments in laboratory turbulence/aeration measurements, 3D computer model applications and field measurements to the Gulf of Taranto in Italy, field applications to Sabo Dams, river estuaries and environmental considerations for aquatic species. This breadth of information is quite eclectic. [...]
This book should appeal to scientists and experts interested in stepped spillways, air entrainment, and coastal basins. [...]
The book is generously illustrated with a variety of black and white photographs, and numerous graphs with laboratory and field measurements. Each lecture is self-contained with its own figure and table numbering, references, and equation number. [...]
The strength of the book lies in the high-quality proceedings of this international workshop. It should be of primary interest to scientists and experts in the field of air entrainment, stepped spillways, and coastal basins."
