Flood control and drainage engineering /
Ghosh, S. N.
Flood control and drainage engineering / S. N. Ghosh. - 4th edition. - London: CRC Press c2014 - xiv,412 p. : ill. ; 27cm.
CONTENTS
1. Flood problems
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Cause of flooding and economic loss
1.3 Flood management Measures
1.4 Flood control strategies
1.5 Alleviation of flooding
2. Estimation of design flood
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Methods of design flood computations
3. Flood routing through reservoirs and channels
3.1 Flood routing through reservoirs -General
3.2 Basic principles of routing
3.3 Routing through rive channels
3.4 Hydraulic flood routing
4. Design of spillways
4.1 Functions of spillways
4.2 Spillway classifications
4.3 Types of Spillways
5. Flood mitigation through Planning of Reservoirs capacities and operation of reservoirs
5.1 Introduction
5.2 General design factors
5.3 Storage capacity determination
5.4 Live storage capacity
etc
6. Flood mitigation through river Protection and improvement works
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Theoretical Background in river engineering
6.3 River improvement works
6.4 Channel Improvement
etc
7. Flood forecasting, Warning and flood Fighting
7.1 General
7.2 Basic data
7.3 Communication network
7.4 Forecasting techniques and procedures
etc
8. Economics of flood control, and project
8.1 General
8.2 Estimating flood damages
8.3 Estimates of benefit of flood control
8.4 Cost-.benefit analysis for for a flood control project
etc
9. Design of subsurface drainage system
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Necessity for drainage
9.3 Removal od drainage water Underdrains and their Layout
etc
10. Design of surface drainage system
10.1 Necessity of surface drainage
10.2 Surface drainage channel design considerations
10.3 General design considerations of outfall culvert
etc
11. Water -Logging and salinity
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Causes of water -logging problems
11.3 Cause of the salinity problems
11.4 Salt water intrusion in coastal aquifers
etc
12. Application of remote sensing technology for flood control
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Application for planning flood control measures
12.3 Flood warning
12.4 Concluding remarks
etc
13. Flood Plain Delineation and flood Hazard Assessment
13.1 General
13.2 Flood plain delineation from remote sensing
13.3 Estimation of flooded area
etc
14. Flood damage management-Tsunamis and storm surges
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Characteristics of Tsunami Waves
14.3 Tsunami Rub up and Damage
14.4 Tsunami forecast and warnings
etc
15. Flooding due to the collapse of Dams
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Cases of Failure of Earth Dams
15.3 Method of Analysis
15.4 Breaching of Flood levees
15.5 Analysis and Results
References : p. 401-405 . _Index : p. 409-412
9781138026278
Flood control
Drainage Design
627.4 / GHO
Flood control and drainage engineering / S. N. Ghosh. - 4th edition. - London: CRC Press c2014 - xiv,412 p. : ill. ; 27cm.
CONTENTS
1. Flood problems
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Cause of flooding and economic loss
1.3 Flood management Measures
1.4 Flood control strategies
1.5 Alleviation of flooding
2. Estimation of design flood
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Methods of design flood computations
3. Flood routing through reservoirs and channels
3.1 Flood routing through reservoirs -General
3.2 Basic principles of routing
3.3 Routing through rive channels
3.4 Hydraulic flood routing
4. Design of spillways
4.1 Functions of spillways
4.2 Spillway classifications
4.3 Types of Spillways
5. Flood mitigation through Planning of Reservoirs capacities and operation of reservoirs
5.1 Introduction
5.2 General design factors
5.3 Storage capacity determination
5.4 Live storage capacity
etc
6. Flood mitigation through river Protection and improvement works
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Theoretical Background in river engineering
6.3 River improvement works
6.4 Channel Improvement
etc
7. Flood forecasting, Warning and flood Fighting
7.1 General
7.2 Basic data
7.3 Communication network
7.4 Forecasting techniques and procedures
etc
8. Economics of flood control, and project
8.1 General
8.2 Estimating flood damages
8.3 Estimates of benefit of flood control
8.4 Cost-.benefit analysis for for a flood control project
etc
9. Design of subsurface drainage system
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Necessity for drainage
9.3 Removal od drainage water Underdrains and their Layout
etc
10. Design of surface drainage system
10.1 Necessity of surface drainage
10.2 Surface drainage channel design considerations
10.3 General design considerations of outfall culvert
etc
11. Water -Logging and salinity
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Causes of water -logging problems
11.3 Cause of the salinity problems
11.4 Salt water intrusion in coastal aquifers
etc
12. Application of remote sensing technology for flood control
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Application for planning flood control measures
12.3 Flood warning
12.4 Concluding remarks
etc
13. Flood Plain Delineation and flood Hazard Assessment
13.1 General
13.2 Flood plain delineation from remote sensing
13.3 Estimation of flooded area
etc
14. Flood damage management-Tsunamis and storm surges
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Characteristics of Tsunami Waves
14.3 Tsunami Rub up and Damage
14.4 Tsunami forecast and warnings
etc
15. Flooding due to the collapse of Dams
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Cases of Failure of Earth Dams
15.3 Method of Analysis
15.4 Breaching of Flood levees
15.5 Analysis and Results
References : p. 401-405 . _Index : p. 409-412
9781138026278
Flood control
Drainage Design
627.4 / GHO