Hydraulic engineering

This second edition of Fundamentals of Open Channel Flow focuses on theory followed by clear, fully-solved examples, and practical computational tools such as spreadsheets and industry standard software.

Advanced materials are becoming increasingly important as substitutes for traditional materials and as facilitators for new and unique products.

Liquid loading can reduce production and shorten the lifecycle of a well costing a company millions in revenue.

Covering all the fundamental topics in hydraulics and hydrology, this textbook is an accessible, thorough and trusted introduction to the subject.

Manipulating the design process can be a stressful learning experience and it can be difficult to decide how to resolve design problems.

This book deals with the central question of how human factors and ergonomics (HFE) might contribute to solutions for the more sustainable development of our world.

Presents the minimum of what physicists, engineers and mathematicians needs to know about hydrodynamics.

APPLIED WATER SCIENCE VOLUME 2 The second volume in a new two-volume set on applied water science, this book provides understanding, occurrence, identification, toxic effects and control of water pollutants in an aquatic environment using green chemistry protocols.

Modern Manufacturing Technology: Spotlight on Future summarizes the emergence and development of modern manufacturing techniques (MMTs) with a focus on metallic and advanced material-based additive manufacturing technologies and their potential applications.

This book is written based on authors' research on cement hydration during the past decade.

This book comprises the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2023) focusing on broad spectrum of emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of hydraulics and fluid mechanics.

The science and study of functionally graded materials (FGMs) have intrigued researchers over the last few decades.

Digital Sustainability: Navigating Entrepreneurship in the Information Age explores the intersection of technology and sustainability, offering a panoramic view of innovative strategies and solutions for building a more environmentally conscious and socially responsible future.

This book explores the link between entrepreneurship and innovation, providing an understanding of the latest developments in the field.

The book discusses the latest trends such as 4D printing, wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), direct energy deposition, and topological optimization in additive manufacturing (AM), and its compliance with the ASTM/ISO standards.

Advances in Coastal Hydraulics contains twelve papers that report on recent developments in several areas of coastal hydraulics.

Advanced Manufacturing Methods: Smart Processes and Modeling for Optimization describes developments in advanced manufacturing processes and applications considering typical and advanced materials.

This book covers innovative breakthroughs in additive manufacturing processes used for biomedical engineering.

The book addresses the challenges in designing blockchain-based secured solutions for Industry 4.

The entrance of fast-paced technology into the workplace necessitates a proper re-look into performance management whether it is in education, marketing, finance, or information technology.

This book investigates human-machine systems through the use of case studies such as crankshaft maintenance, liner piston maintenance, and biodiesel blend performance.

Sustainable procurement is the pursuit of sustainable development objectives through the purchasing and supply process, while balancing environmental, social, and economic objectives.

Unique, cutting-edge material on structural dynamics and natural forces for offshore structures Using the latest advances in theory and practice, Dynamics of Offshore Structures, Second Edition is extensively revised to cover all aspects of the physical forces, structural modeling, and mathematical methods necessary to effectively analyze the dynamic behavior of offshore structures.

In the next decade, a 60-metre-high wall of compacted earth will stretch more than a kilometre across the main stem of the Peace River, causing the waters behind it to swell into a 93-square-kilometre artificial lake, drowning the best topsoil left in the BC north.

The reference text discusses fundamental principles, planning, sourcing, demand forecasting, and supply forecasting in the field of supply chain management.

This book presents a comprehensive and broad-spectrum picture of the state-of-the-art research, development, and commercial prospective of various discoveries conducted in the real world of functional and smart materials.

This comprehensive and up-to-date volume contains 367 papers presented at the 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, held in Lisbon, Portugal, 19-24 September 2004.

In the past few years the topic of work and ageing has received much public and professional interest.

This book comprises the proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2021) focusing on broad spectrum of emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of coastal, harbor and ocean engineering.

This book discusses risk management as it applies to problem-solving for simple, complex and wicked problems faced by policy creators and implementors, project managers and systems engineers in the context of policies, large engineering projects (LEPs), projects and systems.

Businesses today are faced with a highly competitive market and fast-changing technologies.

Internet of Things (IoT) has become a valuable tool for connection and information exchange between devices.

The goal of this book is to provide a reference for applications of mathematical modelling in social media and related network analysis and offer a theoretically sound background with adequate suggestions for better decision-making.

Floods are amongst the most common and devastating natural disasters.

There are individual and professional factors that have the greatest impact on the preservation of work ability for people of advanced age, and people with chronic health issues and disabilities.

This reference text discusses processing, structure, and properties of metal matrix composites, polymer matrix composites, and ceramic matrix composites for applications in high end engineering equipment, biomedical and nano-biotechnology areas.

This book is based on the industry leading short course of the same name hosted by the GIW Industries Hydraulic Laboratory and founded by Dr.

The book highlights mechanical, thermal, electrical, and magnetic properties, and characterization of additive manufactured products in a single volume.

Applied Attention Theory, Second Edition provides details concerning the relevance of all aspects of attention to the world beyond the laboratory.

This new book covers process optimization and process capability for hybrid NCMP (nonconventional machining process), and combines NCMP and conventional machining removal processes for various hybridized processes.

This book focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies and how they are progressively being incorporated into a wide range of products, including consumer gadgets, "e;smart"e; personal assistants, cutting-edge medical diagnostic systems, and quantum computing systems.

This book comprises proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2023).

The safety, maintainability, and maintenance of systems have become more important than ever before.

This book gathers proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Seismic Isolation (18WCSI), held in Antalya, Turkiye on November 6-10, 2023.

One of the latest developments being pursued by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international organizations (ILO, ISO), in relation to preventing work-related diseases and disorders, concerns the creation of "e;toolkits"e; and, within them, of simple tools.

This book covers user experience methods and tools in designing user friendly products and servicesby encompassing widely utilized successful methods, including elicitation, analysis and establishment of requirements, collaborative idea generation with design teams and intended users, prototype testing and evaluation of the user experience through empirical and non empirical means.

Friction Stir Spot Welding offers an introduction to friction stir spot welding (FSSW) between both similar and dissimilar metals and materials.

This book describes the characteristics of he five different disciplines of systems which are Systems Theory, Systems Science, Thinking in Systems, Systems Architecting, and Systems Engineering.

This cross-disciplinary book transcends departmental, institutional, industrial, public, and research organizations and goes beyond global barriers to cover the integration of research, education, and manufacturing in advanced materials processing and characterization, including CAD-CAM, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), and smart manufacturing.