Fluvial Processes in River Engineering

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Summary: Fluvial Processes in River Engineering
Review: Fluvial Processes in River Engineering starts with a broad view of geomorphology as applied to river engineering.

Next is background of the application of engineering parameters for the understanding of river channel processes. One of our professional engineers used this book for his Sediment Transport class at UNM. He felt it did a great job of presenting the various sediment transport equations in use today. The equations are presented logically and are grouped as to type of result obtained, e.g. suspended load, bed load and total bed material load.

Then mathematical modelling of river change is detailed. The FLUVIAL model of four-dimensions (x, y, z, and t), including evaluations of channel width adjustment is fully explained.

Another of our professional engineers has had and used this book since before its first publication. She still enjoys picking it up and reading it because it is well illustrated and very well written.