Research Catalog

Title

Hydraulic design of stepped cascades, channels, weirs, and spillways / by Hubert Chanson.

Author

Chanson, Hubert.

Publication

Oxford, OX, England ; Tarrytown, N.Y., U.S.A. : Pergamon, 1994.

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Description

xxix, 261 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subject

Spillways > Design and construction

Note

• Errata slip inserted.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-229) and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction. 1.1. Presentation. 1.2. Applications. 1.3. Flow regimes. 1.4. Air entrainment on stepped chutes -- 2. History of stepped channels and weirs. 2.2. History of stepped chutes. 2.3. Ancient irrigation canal systems -- 3. Nappe flow regime. 3.2. Hydraulic characteristics of nappe flows. 3.3. Energy dissipation. 3.4. Air entrainment in nappe flow regime. 3.5. Design of chutes with nappe flow regime -- 4. Skimming flow regime (1) - Hydraulics of skimming flows. 4.2. Onset of skimming flow. 4.3. Boundary layer growth. 4.4. Uniform flow conditions. 4.5. Flow resistance. 4.6. Velocity distribution -- 5. Skimming flow regime (2) - Energy dissipation. 5.1. Presentation. 5.2. Head loss calculations. 5.3. Residual energy. 5.4. Discussion -- 6. Air-water gas transfer on stepped chutes. 6.2. Prediction of air-water gas transfer. 6.3. Nappe flow regime. 6.4. Skimming flow regime. 6.5. Discussion : comparison between nappe and skimming flows -- 7. Design of stepped channels and chutes.
• 7.2. Design of stepped fountains. 7.3. Concrete stepped spillways and weirs. 7.4. Gabion stepped weirs and chutes. 7.5. Earth dam spillway with precast concrete blocks. 7.6. Timber dams and crib dams. 7.7. Debris dams -- 8. Accidents, failures and safety of the design. 8.1. Presentation. 8.2. Failures and accidents. 8.3. Safety features for stepped channels. 8.4. Discussion -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendix A - Nappe flow trajectory at a drop structure -- Appendix B - Physical and chemical properties of fluids -- Appendix C - Bubble size calculations at inclined plane liquid jets -- Appendix D - Modelling air-water gas transfer in skimming flows -- Appendix E - Unit conversions -- Appendix F - Corrections.

ISBN

0080419186

LCCN

94024469

OCLC

• 31328258
• ocm31328258

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries