Rivers - Physical, Fluvial and Environmental Processes

This book describes the domain of research and investigation of physical, chemical and biological attributes of flowing water, and it deals with a cross-disciplinary field of study combining physical, geophysical, hydraulic, technological, environmental interests. It aims to equip engineers, geophysicists, managers working in water-related arenas as well as advanced students and researchers with the most up to date information available on the state of knowledge about rivers, particularly their physical, fluvial and environmental processes. Information from various but also interrelated areas available in one volume is the main benefit for potential readers. All chapters are prepared by leading experts from the leading research laboratories from all over the world.

List of contents

Basic physical processes in rivers.- Turbulence in Rivers.- Principles of mechanics of bed forms.- Scour problems downstream of low-head hydraulic structures.- Current research and challenges related to shallow flows.- 1D modeling of flows in open channels.- Modeling of floods-state of the art and research challenges.- 3D modeling of flow in hydraulic structures.- Laboratory models of free-surface flows.- Measurements of Turbulence Structure in a Compound Channel.

Product details

• Assisted by: Radecki-Pawlik (Editor), Radecki-Pawlik (Editor), Artur Radecki-Pawlik (Editor), Pawe Rowinski (Editor), Pawel Rowinski (Editor), Paweł Rowiński (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319355023
• ISBN: 978-3-31-935502-3
• No. of pages: 613
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 37 mm x 238 mm
• Weight: 998 g
• Illustrations: XXXI, 613 p. 216 illus., 75 illus. in color.
• Series: Geoplanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences; Geoplanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; B, Geophysics, Earth and Environmental Science, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Solid Earth Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Environmental Sciences, Geoecology, Environmental geology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Geotechnical engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences