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Earth Manual : A Guide to the Use of Soils as Foundations and as Construction Materials for Hydraulic Structures
Bureau of Reclamation
Paperback - $169.95
This manual provides technical information on the field and laboratory investigations and construction control of soils used as foundations and materials for dams, canals, and many other types of structures. It contains both standardized procedures t ...
Evolution of Spontaneous Structures in Dissipative Continuous Systems
F. H. Busse
Hardcover - $254.95
This collection of articles forms a cohesive text on the rapidly evolving field of nonlinear dynamics of continous systems. It addresses researchers but it can also be used as a text for graduate work. The authors demonstrate through numerous example ...
Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability
S. Chandrasekhar
Paperback - $44.95
The Nobel laureate's monumental study surveys hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic stability as a branch of experimental physics. Among the subjects treated: thermal instability of a layer of fluid heated from below, the Benard problem, stability of Couett ...
Coastal Erosion : Response and Management
Roger Henri Charlier
Paperback - $250.95
The coastal zone is subject to strong pressures from a large number of users. Populations are migrating to it in large numbers. Industry wants to exploit it for its space, water and manpower. Aggregate miners want to exploit mineral resources and hea ...
Computer Modeling of Free-Surface and Pressurized Flows
M. Hanif Chaudhry
Hardcover - $1,155.95
Computers are widely used for the analysis, design, and operation of water resource projects. This gives accurate results, allowing the analysis of complex systems which may not have been possible otherwise, and the investigation and comparison of se ...
Engineered Coasts :
Jiyu Chen
Hardcover - $315.95
Increasing population, expanding industry and commerce, and tourism are placing added pressures on an already highly-utilized coastal zone. This book, through a series of case studies, illustrates the variety of changes already made along the coastli ...
Vorticity and Turbulence
Alexandre Joel Chorin
Hardcover - $170.95
This book provides an introduction to turbulence in vortex systems, and to turbulence theory for incompressible flow described in terms of the vorticity field. It is the author's hope that by the end of the book the reader will believe that these sub ...