Water Resource
Water Resources Engineering, 2nd Edition
Larry W. Mays
June 2010, 2011
Description
For Instructors
For Students
With a remarkable range and depth of coverage, Professor Mays; internationally recognised for his highly acclaimed textbooks and work in the
field; presents a straight forward, easy to understand presentation of hydraulic and hydrologic processes using the control volume approach.
These processes are then extended into practical applications for water use and water excess, including water distribution systems,
stormwater control, and flood storage systems.
Water Resources Engineeringis a textbook that can be used for the first undergraduate courses in hydraulics, hydrology, or water resources
engineering and for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in water resources engineering design. Thistext is also intended as a
reference for practicing hydraulic engineers, civil engineers, mechanical engineers, environmental engineers, and hydrologists.
Table of Contents
About the Author.
Acknowledgments.
Preface.
Chapter 1 Introduction.
Chapter 2 Water Resources Sustainability.
Chapter 3 Hydraulic Processes: Flow and Hydrostatic Forces.
Chapter 4 Hydraulic Processes: Pressurized Pipe Flow.
Chapter 5 Hydraulic Processes: Open-Channel Flow.
Chapter 6 Hydraulic Processes: Groundwater Flow.
Chapter 7 Hydrologic Processes.
Chapter 8 Surface Runoff.
Chapter 9 Reservoir and Stream Flow Routing.
Chapter 10 Probability, Risk, and Uncertainty Analysis for Hydrologic and
Hydraulic Design.
Chapter 11 Water Withdrawals and Uses.
Chapter 12 Water Distribution.
Chapter 13 Water for Hydroelectric Generation.
Chapter 14 Flood Control.
Chapter 15 Stormwater Control: Storm Sewers and Detention.
Chapter 16 Stormwater Control: Street and Highway Drainage and Culverts.
Chapter 17 Design of Spillways and Energy Dissipation for Flood Control
Storage and Conveyance Systems.
Chapter 18 Sedimentation and Erosion Hydraulics.
Chapter 19 Water Resources Management for Sustainability.
Appendix A NewtonRaphson Method.
Finding the Root for a Single Nonlinear Equation.
Application to Solve Manning's Equation for Normal Depth.
Finding the Roots of a System of Nonlinear Equations.
Index.
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Author Information
Larry W. Maysis Professor inthe Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering Group in the School of Sustainable Engineering and
the Build Environment at Arizona State University (ASU), and former chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Prior to ASU he was Director of the Center for Research in Water Resources at the University of Texas at Austin, where he held an
Engineering Foundation-endowed professorship. A registered professional engineer in several states, and a registered professional
hydrologist, he has served as a consultant to many national and international Organizations.
Professor Mays has published extensively in refereed journal publications and in the proceedings of national and international
conferences. He was the author of the first edition of this book and Optimal Control of Hydrosystems (published by Marcel Dekker), and
co-author of Applied Hydrology and Hydrosystems Engineering and Management (both from McGraw-Hill) and Groundwater
Hydrology (published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.). He was editor-in-chief of Water Resources Handbook, Water Distribution Systems
Handbook, Urban Water Supply Management Tools, Stormwater Collection Systems Design Handbook, Urban Water Supply Handbook,
Urban Water Resources Sustainability, all published by McGraw-Hill. In addition, he was editor-in-chief of Reliability Analysis of Water
Distribution Systems and co-editor of Computer Methods of Free Surface and Pressurized Flow published by McGraw-Hill. In addition,
he was editor-in-chief of Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems and co-editor of Computer Methods of Free Surface and
Pressurized Flow published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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New To This Edition
Content:
New Chapter 2 Water Resources Sustainability
New Chapter 19 Water Resources: Management for Sustainability
Added to Chapter 5 on Hydraulic Processes:
Slope-Area Method
Direct step Method
Added to Chapter 10 on Probability, Risk, and Uncertainty Analysis:
Gumbel (Extreme Value Type I) Distribution
Frequency Factor Equation
Application of log-Pearson III Distribution
Extreme Value Distribution
New example on pumps and pseudo loops in Chapter 12 (section 12.6.3)
Problems:
Many new end-of-chapter problems have been added.
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The Wiley Advantage
Material is presented from first principles in a rigorous fashion- Basic principles (continuity, energy, momentum) are all based
upon a control volume approach, which provides a natural way for students to be introduced to concepts in hydrology and
hydraulics.
Text is design oriented- No other water resources or hydraulics books are as design oriented. The design problems are
presented in detail and are relevant to the practice of hydrology, hydraulics and water resources. Design procedures outlined in
the text are consistent with government design procedures.
Examples are real world based- Example problems and solutions help the student to hone their problem-solving skills.
Practice problems at the end of each chapter offer the opportunity for students to apply the concepts they have learned.
Wide coverage of topics- Provides a complete picture of water resources engineering by integrating the fundamental
concepts of fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrology, and water resources. Text also includes a quick review of basic fluid concepts
and the control volume approach to fluid mechanics.
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