Contents	6
	Preface	12
	Preface to the second edition	14
	Preface to the first edition	16
	Acknowledgements	18
	List of tables	19
	Main symbols	21
	Part One Dam engineering	24
	1 Elements of dam engineering	26
	1.1 General	26
	1.2 Introductory perspectives	27
	1.3 Embankment dam types and characteristics	34
	1.4 Concrete dam types and characteristics	37
	1.5 Spillways, outlets and ancillary works	42
	1.6 Site assessment and selection of type of dam	44
	1.7 Loads on dams	57
	2 Embankment dam engineering	63
	2.1 Introduction	63
	2.2 Nature and classification of engineering soils	63
	2.3 Engineering characteristics of soils	68
	2.4 Principles of embankment dam design	79
	2.5 Materials and construction	90
	2.6 Seepage analysis	95
	2.7 Stability and stress	99
	2.8 Settlement and deformation	114
	2.9 Rockfill embankments and rockfill	117
	2.10 Small embankments and flood banks	120
	2.11 Geosynthetics in embankment dams	122
	References	129
	3 Concrete dam engineering	134
	3.1 Loading: concepts and criteria	134
	3.2 Gravity dam analysis	145
	3.3 Buttress dam analysis	167
	3.4 Arch dam analysis	169
	3.5 Design features and construction	176
	3.6 Concrete for dams	182
	3.7 The roller-compacted concrete gravity dam	186
	References	197
	4 Dam outlet works	199
	4.1 Introduction	199
	4.2 The design flood	200
	4.3 Flood routing	203
	4.4 Freeboard	205
	4.5 Sedimentation in reservoirs	208
	4.6 Cavitation	211
	4.7 Spillways	214
	4.8 Bottom outlets	239
	References	245
	5 Energy dissipation	250
	5.1 General	250
	5.2 Energy dissipation on spillways	251
	5.3 Stilling basins	255
	5.4 Plunge pools	264
	5.5 Energy dissipation at bottom outlets	266
	References	269
	6 Gates and valves	272
	6.1 General	272
	6.2 Crest gates	273
	6.3 High-head gates and valves	279
	6.4 Tidal barrage and surge protection gates	282
	6.5 Hydrodynamic forces acting on gates	283
	References	289
	7 Dam safety: instrumentation and surveillance	291
	7.1 Introduction	291
	7.2 Instrumentation	293
	7.3 Surveillance	305
	7.4 Dam safety legislation	306
	7.5 Reservoir hazard and risk assessment	309
	References	311
	Part Two Other hydraulic structures	314
	8 River engineering	316
	8.1 Introduction	316
	8.2 Some basic principles of open-channel .ow	317
	8.3 River morphology and régime	322
	8.4 River surveys	326
	8.5 Flow-measuring structures	333
	8.6 River flood routing	336
	8.7 River improvement	338
	References	356
	9 Diversion works	359
	9.1 Weirs and barrages	359
	9.2 Intakes	387
	9.3 Fish passes	405
	References	410
	10 Cross-drainage and drop structures	413
	10.1 Aqueducts and canal inlets and outlets	413
	10.2 Culverts, bridges and dips	423
	10.3 Drop structures	443
	References	454
	11 Inland waterways	456
	11.1 Introduction	456
	11.2 De.nitions, classification and some UK and other waterways	457
	11.3 Multipurpose utilization of waterways	461
	11.4 Transport on inland waterways	464
	11.5 Canalization and navigation canals	466
	11.6 Resistance of ships	468
	11.7 Wave action on banks	470
	11.8 Locks	472
	11.9 Thrift locks	481
	11.10 Lifts and inclined planes	483
	11.11 Lock approaches	484
	11.12 Inland ports	486
	12 Hydroelectric power development	491
	12.1 Introduction	491
	12.2 Worldwide hydroelectric power development in perspective	491
	12.3 Power supply and demand	492
	12.4 Some fundamental definitions	493
	12.5 Types of water power development	494
	12.6 Head classi.cation of hydropower plants	497
	12.7 Stream.ow data essential for the assessment of water-power potential	498
	12.8 Hydraulic turbines and their selection	500
	12.9 Other components of hydropower plants	513
	12.10 Surge tanks	521
	12.11 Minihydroelectric power plant development	525
	12.12 Renewable energy resources	526
	References	543
	13 Pumping stations	545
	13.1 Introduction	545
	13.2 Pumps and their classification	545
	13.3 Design of pumping mains	551
	13.4 Classi.cation of pumping stations and intakes	554
	13.5 Sump design	556
	13.6 Screening devices	559
	13.7 Benching	559
	13.8 Surges	559
	References	571
	14 Waves and offshore engineering	572
	14.1 Introduction	572
	14.2 Wave motion	573
	14.3 Range of validity of linear theory	581
	14.4 Waves approaching a shore	583
	14.6 Wave reflection	588
	14.7 Basin oscillations	589
	14.8 Wave diffraction	590
	14.9 Wave prediction	591
	14.10 Wave statistics	596
	14.11 Forces on cylindrical structures	598
	14.12 Vortex-induced oscillations	608
	14.13 Oscillations of cylinders in waves	613
	References	620
	15 Coastal engineering	623
	15.1 Introduction	623
	15.2 Coastal defence	624
	15.3 Wave forces on coastal structures	630
	15.4 Wave run-up	634
	15.5 Wave overtopping	637
	15.6 Rubble-mound breakwaters	639
	15.7 Sea outfalls	645
	15.8 Coastal management	654
	References	662
	16 Models in hydraulic engineering	665
	16.1 Hydraulic models	665
	16.2 Structural models	674
	References	678
	Author Index	681
	Subject index	685
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