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The
Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow : An Introduction.
Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford,
UK, 2nd Edition (2004) (ISBN 978 0 7506 5978 9). [Order Form {Download
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Engineering, 2005 {Read Full Review}
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the best introduction to the hydraulics of open channel flow that I
have yet to read."
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CORRECTIONS /ERRATA
Page 40
Solution, 12th line: For the
discharge, the scaling ratio is: Qmodel = Qprototype/25^(5/2).
Solution, 15th line: The
model width is 0.48 m.
Page 96
Most efficient cross-sectional shape: Optimum width B = 4/sqrt(3) * d (Trapezoidal).
Pages 236-238
12.5.3 Application No. 2: corrected
numerical results.
Page 276
Equation (15.2) : the first equality should be :
Sf = to/(r g DH/4)
.
Page 285
Last line: The definition of the total head
includes a '=' instead of a '+' sign. The correct definition is:
Total head: H = zo + d cos(Teta)
+ Alpha V^2/(2 g) .
Page 348
Page 350
Equation (17.35b) must be
corrected. On the right handside, the bracket should be: (1 -
1/2... )^2 [instead of (1 - 3/2... )^2].
Page 352
Equation (17.41) and
definition of X. The square root sign must be corrected in the
definition of X. New
corrected expression.
Page 407
Equation (19.10): the
correct equation is : d/s
=
0.0212 (sina)-0.11
(s/(h
cosa))-0.10
Equation (19.11): the correct equation is : d/s
= 0.0301 (sina)-0.11
(s/(h cosa))-0.17
Pages 486-487
Equation (A4.5): the correct
equation is : d/s
= 0.0212 (sina)-0.11
(s/(h
cosa))-0.10 where d is the boundary layer thickness
Equation (A4.6): the correct equation is : d/s =
0.0301 (sina)-0.11
(s/(h
cosa))-0.17
UPDATES
Critical flow
conditons and Spillway crest design (pp. 31-33, 395-405 &
433-436)
Bibliographic
reference
CHANSON, H. (2006). "Minimum Specific Energy and
Critical Flow Conditions in Open Channels." Journal
of
Irrigation and Drainage Engineering., ASCE, Vol. 132, No. 5, pp.
498-502 (doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2006)132:5(498))
(ISSN 0733-9437). (PDF file) (PDF
file at UQeSpace). Closure: Journal
of
Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 134, No. 6, pp.
883-887 (DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2008)134:6(883)) (ISSN 0733-9437). (PDF file at
UQeSpace).
CASTRO-ORGAZ, O, and CHANSON, H. (2011). "Near-Critical
Free-Surface Flows: Real Fluid Flow Analysis." Environmental
Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 499-516 (DOI:
10.1007/s10652-010-9192-x) (ISSN 1567-7419 [Print] 1573-1510 [Online]). (Record
at UQeSpace) (PDF file)
Application of the momentum
equation to hydraulic jumps and bores (pp. 50-68 & 329-335)
Bibliographic
reference
CHANSON, H. (2012). "Momentum Considerations in
Hydraulic Jumps and Bores." Journal of
Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 138, No. 4, pp.
382-385 (DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000409) (ISSN 0733-9437). (Postprint at
UQeSpace) (PDF file)
Failures caused by
sediment-transport processes (pp. 144-149)
Bibliographic
reference
CHANSON, H. (2012). "Reservoir Sedimentation in
Australia under Extreme Conditions." in "Encyclopedia
of Lakes and Reservoirs", Springer,
Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, L. BENGTSSON, R.W. HERSCHY and R.W.
FAIRBRIDGE Editors, pp. 649-656 (DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4410-6) (ISBN
978-1 4020 5616 1). (PDF
file) (Record
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Positive surges and tidal bores
(pp. 64-68 & 328-335)
Bibliographic
reference
CHANSON, H. (2011). "Tidal
Bores, Aegir, Eagre, Mascaret, Pororoca: Theory and Observations." World Scientific, Singapore,
220 pages (ISBN 9789814335416). (Table
of Contents at UQeSpace)
CHANSON, H. (2012). "Momentum
Considerations in Hydraulic Jumps and Bores." Journal
of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 138, No. 4,
pp. 382-385 (DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000409) (ISSN 0733-9437). (Postprint
at UQeSpace) (PDF file)
Dam break wave on dry
channel - Effects of flow resistance (pp. 357-359)
New
analytical developments with explicit solutions
CHANSON, H. (2005). "Applications of the Saint-Venant Equations and
Method of Characteristics to the Dam Break Wave Problem." Report
No. CH55/05, Dept. of Civil Engineering, The University of
Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, May, 135 pages (ISBN 1864997966). (PDF
file at UQeSpace)
CHANSON, H. (2006). "Analytical Solutions of Laminar and
Turbulent Dam Break Wave." Proc.
International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics River Flow 2006,
Lisbon, Portugal, 6-8 Sept., Topic A3, R.M.L. FERREIRA, E.C.T.L. ALVES,
J.G.A.B. LEAL, and A.H. CARDOSO Eds., Balkema Publ., Taylor &
Francis Group, London, Vol. 1, pp. 465-474 (ISBN 0 415 40815 6). (PDF
file at UQeSpace)
CHANSON, H. (2009). "Application of the Method of Characteristics to the
Dam Break Wave Problem." Journal of
Hydraulic Research, IAHR, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 41-49 (DOI:
10.3826/jhr.2009.2865) (ISSN 0022-1686). (PDF
file
at UQeSpace)
Minimum Energy Loss culvert
design (pp. 454-471)
Bibliographic
references
APELT, C.J. (1983). Hydraulics
of
Minimum
Energy Culverts and Bridge Waterways, Australian Civil
Engrg Trans., I.E.Aust., Vol. CE25, No. 2, pp. 89-95. (PDF
file at UQeSpace)
CHANSON, H. (2007). "Hydraulic Performances of Minimum
Energy Loss Culverts in Australia." Journal
of
Performances of Constructed Facilities, ASCE, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp.
264-272 (ISSN 0887-3828). (PDF
file at UQeSpace)
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About Professor Hubert CHANSON
Hubert CHANSON is
a Professor in Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering and Environmental
Fluid Mechanics at the University of
Queensland, Australia. His research interests include design of
hydraulic structures, experimental investigations of two-phase flows,
applied hydrodynamics, hydraulic engineering, water quality modelling,
environmental fluid mechanics, estuarine processes and natural resources. He
has been an active consultant for both governmental agencies and private
organisations. His publication record includes over 1200 international
refereed papers and his work was cited over 10,000 times (WoS) to 26,000
times (Google
Scholar) since 1990. His h-index is 47 (WoS), 51 (Scopus) and 79 (Google
Scholar), and he is ranked among the 150 most cited researchers in
civil engineering in Shanghai’s
Global Ranking of Academics. Hubert Chanson is the author of twenty
books, including "Hydraulic Design of
Stepped Cascades, Channels, Weirs and Spillways" (Pergamon,
1995), "Air Bubble Entrainment in
Free-Surface Turbulent Shear Flows" (Academic
Press, 1997), "The Hydraulics of
Open Channel Flow: An Introduction" (Butterworth-Heinemann,
1st edition 1999, 2nd
editon 2004), "The Hydraulics of Stepped
Chutes and Spillways" (Balkema, 2001),
"Environmental Hydraulics of
Open Channel Flows" (Butterworth-Heinemann,
2004), "Tidal
Bores, Aegir, Eagre, Mascaret, Pororoca: Theory And Observations" (World
Scientific, 2011), "Applied
Hydrodynamics:
an Introduction" (CRC
Press, 2014). He co-authored three further books "Fluid Mechanics for
Ecologists" (IPC Press, 2002), "Fluid Mechanics for Ecologists.
Student Edition" (IPC, 2006) and "Fish Swimming in Turbulent Waters. Hydraulics Guidelines
to assist Upstream Fish Passage in Box Culverts" (CRC Press 2021). His textbook "The Hydraulics
of Open Channel Flows: An Introduction" has already been translated
into Spanish (McGraw-Hill
Interamericana) and Chinese (Hydrology Bureau of Yellow River
Conservancy Committee), and the second
edition was published in 2004. In 2003, the IAHR
presented him with the 13th Arthur Ippen Award
for outstanding achievements in hydraulic engineering. The American Society
of Civil Engineers, Environmental and Water Resources Institute (ASCE-EWRI)
presented him with the 2004 award for the Best Practice paper in the Journal
of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering ("Energy
Dissipation
and Air Entrainment in Stepped Storm Waterway" by Chanson and Toombes
2002), the 2018 Honorable Mention Paper Award for "Minimum Specific Energy
and Transcritical Flow in Unsteady Open-Channel Flow" by Castro-Orgaz
and Chanson (2016) in the ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage
Engineering, the 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award, and the 2021 Outstanding
Reviewer Award. The Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) presented him the
2018 Baker Medal. In 2018, he was inducted a Fellow of the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.
Hubert Chanson edited further several books : "Fluvial,
Environmental and Coastal Developments in Hydraulic Engineering"
(Mossa, Yasuda & Chanson 2004, Balkema),
"Hydraulics.
The
Next Wave" (Chanson & Macintosh 2004, Engineers
Australia), "Hydraulic
Structures:
a Challenge to Engineers and Researchers" (Matos & Chanson 2006, The University of Queensland), "Experiences
and Challenges in Sewers: Measurements and Hydrodynamics" (Larrate
& Chanson 2008, The University of
Queensland), "Hydraulic
Structures:
Useful Water Harvesting Systems or Relics?" (Janssen & Chanson
2010, The University of Queensland),
"Balance
and Uncertainty: Water in a Changing World" (Valentine et al. 2011, Engineers Australia), "Hydraulic
Structures and Society – Engineering Challenges and Extremes" (Chanson
and Toombes 2014, University of
Queensland), "Energy
Dissipation
in Hydraulic Structures" (Chanson 2015, IAHR
Monograph, CRC Press). He chaired the Organisation of the 34th
IAHR World Congress held in Brisbane, Australia between 26 June and 1
July 2011. He chaired the Scientific Committee of the 5th
IAHR International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures held in Brisbane
in June 2014. He co-chaired the Organisation of the 22nd Australasian Fluid
Mechanics Conference held as a hybrid format in Brisbane, Australia on 6-10
December 2020.
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