Aimed at engineers with a good grounding in hydraulic engineering, this practical reference fills a need for a guide to the design, construction, management and modernisation of canals. It provides an in-depth study of the problems caused by seepage, an analysis of the various possible linings, the constraints posed by canals constructed witho
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Architecture Methods & MaterialsTable of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface to the Spanish edition
- Preface
- 1 Hydraulic operation of a canal
- 2 Water loss in canals
- 3 Study and definition of the canal layout and earth movement works to be carried out
- 4 Mass concrete lining
- 5 Construction of concrete linings
- 6 Prefabricated slab and brick linings: Rubble-work linings
- 7 Asphalt linings for canals
- 8 Plastic membrane linings
- 9 Canal drainage
- 10 The cross section in a lined canal
- 11 Unlined canals
- 12 Canals with peculiar problems
- 13 Navigation canals
- 14 Watercourse crossing works
- 15 Flow rate measurement works
- 16 Spillways
- 17 Height loss works
- 18 Ditches and tertiary canals
- 19 Canal regulation
- 20 Mathematical models in canals
- 21 Canal rehabilitation and modernization
- 22 Maintenance and conservation of canals
- 23 Canal safety
- Appendix 1 Discharge of standard contracted rectangular weirs
- Appendix 2 Free flow discharge values for Parshal Measuring Flume
- Appendix 3 Standard dimensions of the Parshal flume
- Bibliography
- Index
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