Description
Designed to provide a broad coverage of pertinent topics concerning water resource engineering, this text focuses on fundamental topics of hydraulics, hydrology, and water management. Water resources engineering concepts and methods are addressed from the perspective of practical applications in water management and associated environmental and infrastructure management. The focus is on mathematical modeling and analysis using state-of-the-art computational techniques and computer software. The text is written to easily adapt to the spectrum of ways that individual courses and sequences of undergraduate and graduate courses are organized at various universities, providing flexibility for the instructor.
Features
Focus on professional practice.
* Prepares students for professional practice in a field with unlimited challenges and opportunities for serving society.
Comprehensive coverage of fundamental concepts and techniques-Provides the foundation for water resources
ngineering.
* Provides the fundamentals to prepare students for life-long learning.
Focus on modern computer-based modeling and analysis methods.
* Illustrates recent advances in computer technology and computational methods that have greatly increased capabilities for solving
ater resources engineering problems.
Numerous carefully prepared example and homework problems.
* Provides students with ample opportunity to learn the material.
Numerous figures-Illustrate the material.
* Provides students with drawings and schematics that greatly aid in comprehending the material.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Hydrology
3. Fluid Mechanics
4. Hydraulics of Pipelines and Pipe Networks
5. Open Channel Hydraulics
6. Flood Routing
7. Hydrologic Frequency Analysis
8. Modeling Watershed Hydrology
9. Groundwater Engineering
10. Urban Stormwater Management
11. Water Resources Systems Analysis
12. River Basin Management
Wesley P. James has over 40 years of experience in hydraulics, hydrology, and water resources engineering, working in federal agencies, private consulting, and universities. He has continued his consulting engineering practice since retiring in 1997 after 26 years with the Civil Engineering Department, Texas A&M University. His teaching, research, and consulting have been in the areas of watershed modeling, remote sensing, groundwater engineering, stormwater management, and design and analysis of hydraulic structures and facilities. Honors include the national J. M. Robbins Excellence in Teaching Award from the Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society in 1990. Dr. James holds degrees in Civil Engineering from Montana State University, Purdue University, and Oregon State University.