Product Description
Expanded from 12 to 15 chapters, this edition of Introduction to Hydraulics & Hydrology with Applications for Stormwater Management continues to guide readers to an understanding of the concepts of hydraulics and surface water hydrology as they are used in everyday civil engineering practice. Valued as a reference by professional civil engineers, land developers, public works officials, and land surveyors throughout the U.S., this book is also an important tool for students in these disciplines. The book begins by acquainting readers with the principles of hydrostatics and hydrodynamics, starting with fluid mechanics and progressing through pressure, flow, and energy considerations. In the expanded treatment of… More >>
Introduction To Hydraulics & Hydrology
#1 by James Brown on March 22, 2010 - 8:46 pm
This was recommended to me to help prepare for a PLS exam. Maybe this is easy to follow if you have a civil engineering background (although if that were the case, I’m not sure why you’d be interested in an “Introduction” to this subject), but the author makes numerous apparent leaps and assumptions and introduces unqualified variables that frankly make this extremely difficult for a non-engineer like me to follow, especially without the aid of an instructor to fill in the gaps or answer any questions. The end of chapter problems are useless, because there aren’t any solutions provided, and the CD-Rom that contains them apparently costs around $200. So I’m still searching for a surveyor-friendly book on this subject, but I feel I can say without further qualification that this isn’t it, so I’d say steer clear on this one and save yourself a considerable chunk of money.
Rating: 2 / 5