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Hydrology and Hydraulic Systems

Third Edition

Ram S. Gupta

Comprehensive and up-to-date, this newly revised Third Edition extends the tradition of excellence established in earlier volumes. With its broad selection of subject material, abundant illustrations, and ample example problems, Hydrology and Hydraulic Systems offers students an outstanding, authoritative treatment of the quantitative elements involved in the development of water resources.

The Third Edition features a major revision of all hydraulic-related material. The principles of hydraulics and the basic concepts underlying the application of those principles have been included in a new chapter, while hydraulic devices for measuring flows are now consolidated into a single chapter on hydraulic structures. Computer software applications have been updated throughout, end-of-chapter problems have been expanded, and more examples are presented in SI units.

Outstanding features of the Third Edition include:

• More than 300 illustrations and 175 tables

• More than 225 fully solved example problems in both FPS and SI units

• 520 end-of-chapter problems for student assignment

• Detailed treatment of hydrologic field investigation and analytical procedures for data assessment

• Application of EPA recommended statistical procedures for groundwater monitoring

• Systematic presentation of various surface water flow assessment techniques

• Thorough coverage of the principles of hydraulics and the analysis and design of hydraulic systems

• Complete treatment of storm, sanitary, agriculture, and urban drainage systems

$99.95 list, 896 pages

10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-455-8

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-455-0

© 2008

Solutions Manual available

“I highly recommend it for instructors who would like to give their students a taste of water resources engineering application and design, while also treating fundamental concepts and theories. The book is very popular with our students, due mainly to its direct and concise presentation, its practical orientation, and its wealth of example problems provided (225 fully solved examples in the 2nd edition).” — Vincent Neary, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
 

Table of Contents

1. Demand for Water

2. Availability of Water

3. Theory of Groundwater Flow

4. Applications and Development of Groundwater Flow

5. Contaminant Transport and Groundwater Monitoring

6. Measurement of Surface Water Flow

7. Estimation of Surface Water Flow

Part A: Hydrograph Analysis / Part B: Correlation Technique / Part C: Synthetic Technique / Part D: Estimation of Flow at an Ungaged Site

8. Computation of Extreme Flows

9. Hydraulics: Principles and Applications

10. Hydraulic Principles of Structures

11. Conveyance Systems: Open Channel Flow

12. Pressure Flow Systems: Pipes and Pumps

13. Urban Drainage Systems

14. Other Drainage Systems