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Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Hydraulic engineering
The International Committee on Large Dams (ICOLD) held its 26th
International Congress in Vienna, Austria (1-7 July 2018). The
proceedings of the congress focus on four main questions: 1.
Reservoir sedimentation and sustainable development; 2. Safety and
risk analysis; 3. Geology and dams, and 4. Small dams and levees.
The book thoroughly discusses these questions and is indispensable
for academics, engineers and professionals involved or interested
in engineering, hydraulic engineering and related disciplines.
The theory of linear poroelasticity describes the interaction
between mechanical effects and adding or removing fluid from rock.
It is critical to the study of such geological phenomena as
earthquakes and landslides and is important for numerous
engineering projects, including dams, groundwater withdrawal, and
petroleum extraction. Now an advanced text synthesizes in one
place, with one notation, numerous classical solutions and
applications of this highly useful theory.
The introductory chapter recounts parallel developments in
geomechanics, hydrogeology, and reservoir engineering that are
unified by the tenets of poroelasticity. Next, the theory's
constitutive and governing equations and their associated material
parameters are described. These equations are then specialized for
different simplifying geometries: unbounded problem domains,
uniaxial strain, plane strain, radial symmetry, and axisymmetry.
Example problems from geomechanics, hydrogeology, and petroleum
engineering are incorporated throughout to illustrate poroelastic
behavior and solution methods for a wide variety of real-world
scenarios. The final chapter provides outlines for finite-element
and boundary-element formulations of the field's governing
equations. Whether read as a course of study or consulted as a
reference by researchers and professionals, this volume's
user-friendly presentation makes accessible one of geophysics' most
important subjects and will do much to reduce poroelasticity's
reputation as difficult to master.
This textbook provides a comprehensive treatment of irrigation
engineering for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. It
does not require a background in calculus, hydrology, or
hydraulics, offering a one-stop overview of the entire field of
study. It includes everything a student of irrigation engineering
needs to know: concepts of climate, soils, crops, water quality,
hydrology, and hydraulics, as well as their application to design
and environmental management. To demonstrate the practical
applications of the theories discussed, there are over 300 worked
examples and end-of chapter exercises. The exercises allow readers
to solve real-world problems and apply the information they've
learned to a diverse range of scenarios. To further prepare
students for their future careers, each chapter includes many
illustrative diagrams and tables containing data to help design
irrigation systems. For instructors' use when planning and
teaching, a solutions manual can be found online alongside a suite
of PowerPoint lecture slides.
ICE Themes Flood Resilience provides an overview of research and
latest developments in the field of flood management. The book
collates innovative ideas, methodologies and practical approaches
which address engineering challenges during various stages of
flooding, from assessment of vulnerability, implementation of
protective measures, through to management of extreme events in
order to promote faster recovery after a flood. It also seeks to
highlight the benefit of working collaboratively with a variety of
partners, and engagement with the public. This book has been
created from recent research published by ICE Publishing and aims
to provide readers with an overall view of the areas where flood
resilience approaches are relevant, as well as a snapshot of the
advances in research and practice. This book, which has been
compiled by two leading experts in the field, will be
an?ideal?addition to any library as a?resource for researchers and
students seeking an overview of the latest research on this topic.
This book gives practical advice and ready to use tips on the
design and construction of subsurface reservoir models. The design
elements cover rock architecture, petrophysical property modelling,
multi-scale data integration, upscaling and uncertainty analysis.
Philip Ringrose and Mark Bentley share their experience, gained
from over a hundred reservoir modelling studies in 25 countries
covering clastic, carbonate and fractured reservoir types, and for
a range of fluid systems - oil, gas and CO2, production and
injection, and effects of different mobility ratios. The intimate
relationship between geology and fluid flow is explored throughout,
showing how the impact of fluid type, displacement mechanism and
the subtleties of single- and multi-phase flow combine to influence
reservoir model design. The second edition updates the existing
sections and adds sections on the following topics: * A new chapter
on modelling for CO2 storage * A new chapter on modelling workflows
* An extended chapter on fractured reservoir modelling * An
extended chapter on multi-scale modelling * An extended chapter on
the quantification of uncertainty * A revised section on the future
of modelling based on recently published papers by the authors The
main audience for this book is the community of applied
geoscientists and engineers involved in understanding fluid flow in
the subsurface: whether for the extraction of oil or gas or the
injection of CO2 or the subsurface storage of energy in general. We
will always need to understand how fluids move in the subsurface
and we will always require skills to model these quantitatively.
The second edition of this reference book therefore aims to
highlight the modelling skills developed for the current energy
industry which will also be required for the energy transition of
the future. The book is aimed at technical-professional
practitioners in the energy industry and is also suitable for a
range of Master's level courses in reservoir characterisation,
modelling and engineering. * Provides practical advice and
guidelines for users of 3D reservoir modelling packages * Gives
advice on reservoir model design for the growing world-wide
activity in subsurface reservoir modelling * Covers rock modelling,
property modelling, upscaling, fluid flow and uncertainty handling
* Encompasses clastic, carbonate and fractured reservoirs * Applies
to multi-fluid cases and applications: hydrocarbons and CO2,
production and storage; rewritten for use in the Energy Transition.
In Draining New Orleans, the first full-length book devoted to "the
world's toughest drainage problem," renowned geographer Richard
Campanella recounts the epic challenges and ingenious efforts to
dewater the Crescent City. With forays into geography, public
health, engineering, architecture, politics, sociology, race
relations, and disaster response, he chronicles the herculean
attempts to "reclaim" the city's swamps and marshes and install
subsurface drainage for massive urban expansion. The study begins
with a vivid description of a festive event on Mardi Gras weekend
1915, which attracted an entourage of elite New Orleanians to the
edge of Bayou Barataria to witness the christening of giant water
pumps. President Woodrow Wilson, connected via phoneline from the
White House, planned to activate the station with the push of a
button, effectively draining the West Bank of New Orleans. What
transpired in the years and decades that followed can only be
understood by examining the large swath of history dating back two
centuries earlier-to the geological formation and indigenous
occupation of this delta-and extending through the colonial,
antebellum, postbellum, and Progressive eras to modern times. The
consequences of dewatering New Orleans proved both triumphant and
tragic. The city's engineering prowess transformed it into a world
leader in drainage technology, yet the municipality also fell
victim to its own success. Rather than a story about mud and
machinery, this is a history of people, power, and the making of
place. Campanella emphasizes the role of determined and sometimes
unsavory individuals who spearheaded projects to separate water
from dirt, creating lucrative opportunities in the process not only
for the community but also for themselves.
Soil erosion and torrential floods, as destructive processes, have
serious implications on the economy, society, and environment. The
severity of torrential floods lies in their sudden occurrence and
high intensity, and hence, the defense against torrential floods is
very complex and demanding. Much remains to be discovered about
soil erosion and torrential floods prevention, management,
legislation, practices, and solutions worldwide. Thus, a better
understanding of various prevention and management developments on
soil erosion and torrential floods across different contexts is
needed to assess their impact on sustainability, especially in the
changed climate conditions. Prevention and Management of Soil
Erosion and Torrential Floods investigates the problems of erosion
and torrential floods and opportunities for the prevention,
management, and control of these destructive processes. It
highlights the importance of the prevention and management
practices of soil erosion and torrential floods with respect to the
exchange of knowledge and best practices. Covering topics such as
dam maintenance, wind erosion, and natural disasters, it is ideal
for environmentalists, environmental engineers, crisis response
specialists, policymakers, government officials, academicians,
students, experts, practitioners, and researchers in the fields of
soil erosion, torrential flood, environmental protection,
sustainable development, engineering, and management.
The multidisciplinary field of fluid mechanics is one of the most
actively developing fields of physics, mathematics and engineering.
This textbook, fully revised and enlarged for the second edition,
presents the minimum of what every physicist, engineer and
mathematician needs to know about hydrodynamics. It includes new
illustrations throughout, using examples from everyday life, from
hydraulic jumps in a kitchen sink to Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities
in clouds, and geophysical and astrophysical phenomena, providing
readers with a better understanding of the world around them. Aimed
at undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers, the
book assumes no prior knowledge of the subject and only a basic
understanding of vector calculus and analysis. It contains
forty-one original problems with very detailed solutions,
progressing from dimensional estimates and intuitive arguments to
detailed computations to help readers understand fluid mechanics.
Over the last two decades environmental hydraulics as an academic
discipline has expanded considerably, caused by growing concerns
over water environmental issues associated with pollution and water
balance problems on regional and global scale. These issues require
a thorough understanding of processes related to environmental
flows and transport phenomena, and the development of new
approaches for practical solutions. Environmental Hydraulics
includes about 200 contributions from 35 countries presented at the
6th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics (Athens,
Greece, 23-25 June 2010). They cover the state-of-the-art on a
broad range of topics, including: fundamentals aspects of
environmental fluid mechanics environmental hydraulics problems of
inland, coastal and ground waters interfacial processes;
computational, experimental and field measurement techniques
ecological aspects, and effects of global climate change.
Environmental Hydraulics will be of interest to researchers,
civil/environmental engineers, and professional engineers dealing
with the design and operation of environmental hydraulic works such
as wastewater treatment and disposal, river and marine
constructions, and to academics and graduate students in related
fields.
The report suggests economically and environmentally sustainable
management considering challenges that involve climate change. The
study proposes a strategic planning framework that covers the
holistic, technical, economic, social, and environmental aspects of
integrated water resources management and development of the river
system. It also contributes to strategic planning from a basin-wide
perspective by supporting the design of the Dudh Koshi Storage
Hydroelectric Project.
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Dam
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Trevor Turpin
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Discovery Miles 9 220
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As well as much-needed electricity, dams generate extremes of
emotion. Traditionally, dams have facilitated hydraulic
civilizations such as those in the Nile Valley, China and
Mesopotamia, and, in the twentieth century, Las Vegas and Los
Angeles. Yet with the proliferation of dams there are now more than
40,000 large dams worldwide opposition and support can be measured
in equal proportion. Their outstanding design and construction,
often in inhospitable conditions, is representative of the skills
of their engineers, yet others do not see such beauty in the
taming' of rivers. In 1998 the continuing controversy led to the
forming of the World Commission on Dams to seek a meeting of minds.
"Dam", a new addition to Reaktion's "Objekt" series, traces the
development of dams from the Industrial Revolution to the present
day through a number of themes both successes and failures
including the extension of the design teams forming an alliance
between engineering, architecture, landscape architecture and
ecology. A profusely illustrated exploration of a previously
neglected subject, this book is neither a polemic against dams nor
a defence of their proliferation.It offers a fresh and much-needed
account of their design, construction and function, which will
appeal to general readers and those interested in environmental
policy, history and civil engineering.
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