S. N. Ghosh

Flood Control and Drainage Engineering (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Primarily written as course material on flood control and drainage engineering for advanced students of civil engineering, this new fourth edition is again thoroughly revised. It accommodates recent developments in remote sensing, information technology and GIS technology. New added material deals with flood management due to Tsunami waves, floodin

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317670087
• Artikelnr.: 73210402

Autorenporträt

The author, presently retired, served as professor and head of the Civil Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. He also served the Calcutta Port Trust as Chief Hydraulic Engineer on deputation from IIT. Professor Ghosh is a member of several learned societies and recipient of the Commonwealth Scholarship for Post Doctoral Research at Imperial College, London, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the First Edition
1. FLOOD PROBLEMS
2. ESTIMATION OF DESIGN FLOOD
3. FLOOD ROUTING THROUGH RESERVOIRS AND CHANNELS
4. DESIGN OF SPILLWAYS
5. FLOOD MITIGATION THROUGH PLANNING OF RESERVOIR CAPACITIES AND OPERATlON OF RESERVOIRS
6. FLOOD MITIGATION THROUGH RIVER PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT WORKS
7. FLOOD FORECASTING
WARNING AND FLOOD FIGHTING
8. ECONOMICS OF FLOOD CONTROL
PROJECT
9. DESIGN OF SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM
10. DESIGN OF SURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM
11. WATER-LOGGING AND SALINITY
12. APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY FOR FLOOD CONTROL
13. FLOOD PLAIN DELINEATION AND FLOOD HAZARD ASSESSMENT
14. FLOOD DAMAGE MANAGEMENT-Tsunamis and Storm Surges
15. FLOODING DUE TO COLLAPSE OF DAMS
SELECTED REFERENCES
SUGGESTED READINGS
INDEX