This eBook+ version contains sixteen unique animation videos showing actual flow dynamics of transient flow problems. These offer an intuitive, visual sense of numerous complex open channel phenomena and how they vary as a function of changing flow conditions such as changing slope, roughness, cross-section, steps, constrictions, and gates.

This second edition of Fundamentals of Open Channel Flow focuses on theory followed by clear, fully-solved examples, and practical computational tools such as spreadsheets and software. It builds on a foundation in fluid mechanics and offers the basics of a first course in open channel flow for senior undergraduates or graduate students: energy, momentum, friction, and gradually varied flow, both qualitative and quantitative. This edition provides more coverage of design applications, including culvert design, a wider range of channel shapes, and an update of the US Corps of Engineers’ HEC-RAS program. It shows how a few simple equations can solve a range of basic problems. The energy-depth and momentum-depth relationships are looked at graphically and the book's website offers solutions to end-of-chapter problems and PowerPoint slides for instructors.