Erosion and Sedimentation
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 6/10/2010
EAN 9780521537377, ISBN10: 0521537371
Paperback, 390 pages, 24.8 x 17.5 x 2 cm
Language: English
The second edition of this acclaimed, accessible textbook brings the subject of sedimentation and erosion up-to-date, providing an excellent primer on both fundamental concepts of sediment-transport theory and methods for practical applications. The structure of the first edition is essentially unchanged, but all the chapters have been updated, with several chapters reworked and expanded significantly. Examples of the new additions include the concept of added mass, the Modified Einstein Procedure, sediment transport by size fractions, sediment transport of sediment mixtures, and new solutions to the Einstein Integrals. Many new examples and exercises have been added. Erosion and Sedimentation is an essential textbook on the topic for students in civil and environmental engineering and the geosciences, and also as a handbook for researchers and professionals in engineering, the geosciences and the water sciences.
Preface
List of symbols
1. Introduction
2. Physical properties and dimensional analysis
3. Mechanics of sediment-laden flows
4. Particle motion in invisid fluids
5. Particle motion in Newtonian fluids
6. Turbulent velocity profiles
7. Incipient motion
8. Bedforms
9. Bedload
10. Suspended load
11. Total load
12. Reservoir sedimentation
Appendix A. Einstein's sediment transport method
Appendix B. Useful mathematical relationships
Bibliography
Index.
'... [presents] the mechanics of sediment motion alongside those subjects in fluid mechanics that are fundamental to understanding sediment transport. The interweaving of the two subjects is carried out particularly well ... Each topic is covered clearly, with many carefully designed figures, examples, and exercises ... an excellent primer on both fundamental concepts of sediment-transport theory and methods for practical applications. ... well written, and nicely illustrated, and it will serve as either a handbook for workers in the field or a textbook for beginning students of the subject. Julien has done a truly admirable job in making ... [a] difficult subject much more accessible to beginning Earth scientists and engineers.' Jonathan Nelson, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering