Stormwater Management for Land Development Is the Most Comprehensive, Basic Guide To Hydraulics, Hydrology, and Stormwater Management Design Methods for Quantity Control.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c43555) has announced the addition of Stormwater Management for Land Development: Methods and Calculations for Quantity Control to their offering. Introductory guide to hydraulics hydraulics, branch of engineering concerned mainly with moving liquids. The term is applied commonly to the study of the mechanical properties of water, other liquids, and even gases when the effects of compressibility are small. , hydrology hydrology, study of water and its properties, including its distribution and movement in and through the land areas of the earth. The hydrologic cycle consists of the passage of water from the oceans into the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration (or , and stormwater management design Stormwater Management for Land Development is a unique, much-needed book on developing stormwater management plans that only requires readers to understand algebra, trigonometry trigonometry [Gr.,=measurement of triangles], a specialized area of geometry concerned with the properties of and relations among the parts of a triangle. Spherical trigonometry is concerned with the study of triangles on the surface of a sphere rather than in the , and geometry. Beginning with the fundamentals, it walks readers through the ABCs of fluid mechanics fluid mechanics, branch of mechanics dealing with the properties and behavior of fluids, i.e., liquids and gases. Because of their ability to flow, liquids and gases have many properties in common not shared by solids. and hydrology and presents practical methods and designs to control stormwater. Useful to the growing group of professional surveyors and engineers who may not have taken fluid mechanics or hydrology courses, Stormwater Management for Land Development features: - Sections on elementary fluid mechanics including statics statics, branch of mechanics concerned with the maintenance of equilibrium in bodies by the interaction of forces upon them (see force). It incorporates the study of the center of gravity (see center of mass) and the moment of inertia. , dynamics, and open channel flow - Sections on practical hydrology including design rainfall, travel time, and runoff Runoff The procedure of printing the end-of-day prices for every stock on an exchange onto ticker tape. Notes: If the "tape is late" then it can take a long time to print off all the closing prices. methods - Material on NRCS/SCS unit hydrograph and TR-55 tabular hydrograph procedures, with reference to the latest WinTR-55 variant - Design methods for stormwater conveyance, including storm sewer storm sewer n. A sewer for carrying off rainwater or meltwater, as to a river or bay. , culvert, and open channel designs - A detailed procedure for sizing and designing a multiple stage outlet structure for multiple event detention requirements - More than seventy-five example problems illustrating fluid flow and hydrology calculation methods - Review problems at the end of most chapters With more than 150 helpful illustrations, Stormwater Management for Land Development is the most comprehensive, basic guide to hydraulics, hydrology, and stormwater management design methods for quantity control. Starting from the basics, Stormwater Management for Land Development builds a thorough understanding of fluid dynamics fluid dynamics n. (used with a sing. verb) The branch of applied science that is concerned with the movement of gases and liquids. and hydrology before presenting the reader with practical methods and designs to control and divert stormwater. It ends with a chapter that describes a design approach for detention facilities used for the control of multiple events. A procedure for sizing a multiple stage outlet structure converts the traditional trial and error process into an analytical solution that reduces guesswork on outlet sizing and invert in·vert v. 1. To turn inside out or upside down. 2. To reverse the position, order, or condition of. 3. To subject to inversion. n. Something inverted. locations. This is the first book written at this basic level, and is the first to be useful to the growing group of Professional Surveyors and Engineers developing stormwater management plans. Many of the existing books covering stormwater management techniques are written at an advanced level expressly for civil engineers with prior knowledge of fluid mechanics, hydrology and advanced mathematics. This new book by Dr. Seybert assumes that the reader has not taken fluid mechanics or hydrology courses, and only has experience with algebra, trig and geometry (most surveyors and many civil engineering technicians Description An engineering technician is a person who has relatively practical understanding of the general theoretical principles of the specific branch of engineering in which they work. Engineering technicians solve technical problems. fall into this category). About the author Thomas A. Seybert, PhD, is Associate Professor of Engineering in the Surveying Program at The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University, main campus at University Park, State College; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855, opened 1859 as Farmers' High School. , Wilkes-Barre Campus. Content Outline: Preface. Acknowledgments. 1 Introduction To Stormwater Management. 2 Fluid Properties And Basic Statics. 3 Fluid Flow. 4 Open Channel Flow. 5 Hydrology, Watersheds, and Soils. 6 Rainfall. 7 Travel Time. 8 Runoff Depth And Peak Flow. 9 Hydrographs. 10 Routing Methods. 11 Drainage Conveyance And Control. 12 Multiple-Event Detention Design. Appendix A: Development Of The Manning Equation. Appendix B: Development Of The Muskingum Routing Equations. Appendix C: Detailed Calculations For Example 11.4. Appendix D: Moody Diagram. Index. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c43555 |
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