Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow: An Introduction - Basic Principles, Sediment Motion, Hydraulic Modeling, Design of Hydraulic Structures (Second Edition)

There are many terms that I never heard of and inconsistent use of units, the dread of every engineer.

This book is missing the theory and it's examples are horribly vague. It also needs more examples in certain areas such as spillways and sedimentation.

This book skips steps and the lay out is not reader friendly. I would not reccomend this book unless the authors edit it better.

I'm an engineer involved in the design of large hydraulic structures.The reference textbooks ( "the bible" ) for open channel hydraulics is still the old "Open Channel Hydraulics" by Ven Te Chow.This book is interesting but lacks for charts, diagrams and/or formulas for designing the hydraulic structures.I suggest to buy it only after Ven Te Chow or Henderson's classical textbooks.However please consider it if you're involved in the design of stepped spillways.

First:This book is not organized as other classics, some parts are very easy and some parts are very advanced!Second:The largest drawback of the book is its numerous SCIENTIFIC mistakes! (not typo or copy editing mistakes). Some of those mistakes are mentioned in the bookreview of this book in Journal of Hydraulic Engineering ASCE by Prof. Dennis A. Lyn of Purdue.Do not waste even a penny on this book!

This is an excellent reference to introduce yourself to open channel flow. Very comprehensible book, even for ecologists, unaccostomed to such discipline.