Bridge and Culvert Hydraulics and Hydrology (Second Edition)

Author: Shu Guoming, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book is a unified teaching material for vocational and technical colleges in transportation and civil engineering. It covers topics such as hydraulics, bridge and culvert hydrology, and the selection of culvert openings. The main content includes hydrostatics, fundamentals of hydrodynamics, uniform flow in open channels, non-uniform flow in open channels, basic knowledge of rivers, hydrological surveys, determination of design flow rates for large and medium-sized bridges and culverts, bridge opening and deck elevation of large and medium-sized bridges, scouring under bridges, and culvert opening sizes. The book is accompanied by review questions and exercises. It can serve as teaching material for road and bridge engineering technology majors and engineering supervision majors in higher vocational and technical education in transportation and civil engineering, as well as for reference by engineering technicians engaged in highway bridge and culvert design, construction, and engineering supervision.