Understanding Hydrualics Les Hamill

Content

1 Hydrostatics

1.1 Fundamentals pressure and force
1.2Hydrostatic pressure and force
1.3 Force on a plane (flat), vertical immersed surface
1.4 Location of the resultant force on a vertical surface
1.5 Force on a plane, inclined immersed surface
Etc.

2 Pressure measurement
2.1 Fundaments
2.2 Piezometers
2.3 A simple u-tube manometer
2.4 A differential U-tube manometer
2.5 The inverted U-tube differential manometer
Etc.

3 Stability of floating body
3.1Introduction
3.2 Factors affecting the stability of a floating body
3.3 Calculation of the metacentric height, GM
3.4 Period of roll

4 Fluids in motion
4.1 Introduction to the fundamentals
4.2 Classifying various types of fluids flow
4.3 Visualizing fluid flow
4.4 The continuity
4.5 Understanding the momentum equation
Etc.

5 Flow measurement
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The venturi meter
5.3 The pilot tube
5.4 Small and large orifices
5.5 Discharge over a sharp crested weir
Etc.

6. Flow through pipelines
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Understanding reservoir pipeline flow
6.3 Parallel pipelines
6.4 Branching pipelines
6.5 The development of the pipe friction equations
Etc.

7 Flow under a varying head time required to empty a reservoir
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Time to empty a reservoir of uniform cross-section
7.3 Time to empty a reservoir of varying cross-section
7.4 Flow between two tanks

8 Flow in open channels
8.1 Fundamentals
8.2 Discharge equations for uniform flow
8.3 Channel proportions for maximum discharge or velocity
8.4 Compound channels and the composite manning's
8.5 Environmentally acceptable channels
Etc.

9 Hydraulic structures
9.1 Dams
9.2 Sluice gates and other control gates
9. 1Flow around bridge piers and through bridge waterways
9.2 Culverts
9.3 Broad crested and crump weirs
9.4 Throat flumes

10 Dimensional analysis and hydraulic models
10.1 Units and dimensions
10.2 Dimensional homogeneity
10.3 Dimensional analysis using the rayleigh method
10.4 Dimensional analysis using the Buckingham theorem

11. Turbines and pumps
11.1 Introduction
11. 2Impulse turbines
11.3 Reaction turbines
11.4 Performance equations and characteristic of turbines
11.5 Rotodynamic pumps
Etc.

12 Introduction to engineering hydrology
12.1 The hydrology cycle
12.2 Humankinds' intervention and evapotranspiration
12.3 Precipitation
12.4 Evaporation, transpiration and evapotranspiration
12.5 Infiltration and percolation
Etc.

13 Application of engineering hydrology
13.1 Predicting a catchment's' response to rainfall
13.2 The unit hydrograph rainfall- runoff model
13.3 Statistical analysis of river flow data
13.4 Riverine and surface water flood risk management
13.5 Surface water design using the modified rational methods
Etc.

14 Sustainable drainage systems (SUDS)
1.1 Introduction
14.2 What do SUDS do and why
14.3 Design of SUDS
14.4 Potential problems with SUDS

By Moses

Includes Index: P 621 - 631