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Flood control and drainage engineering / S. N. Ghosh.

By: Publication details: London: CRC Press c2014Edition: 4th editionDescription: xiv,412 p. : ill. ; 27cmISBN:
  • 9781138026278
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 627.4 GHO
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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

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