Open Channel Hydraulics Review

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Open Channel Hydraulics ReviewFor a start, there are certain things I always look for in a textbook. I like to learn both the theory and the application. I like to know how to apply what I learn to a real life setting - which I believe is the sole purpose of any textbook.
Terry Sturm's book fulfills the first part very well - his theoretical overview and insights into open channel flow equations are fantastical. We have integrations, advanced formulae, control volume diagrams and definition of equations. Linear momentum, vector sum of forces blah blah blah.
What we don't have however, are explanations of what everything means (which I suspect is left up to the Professor of the Day, which in my case is a blathering old fogey). It's just regurgitated facts. After the end of an oversaturated chapter, guess what. You don't get examples, instead you get a whole set of problems (with no solutions) - which you are expected to solve by deriving some other equation from the already extensive list of textbook equations. Makes sense? I think not.
Unless you come into the field of open channel hydraulics with a foreknowledge of fundamentals, don't expect anything to make any sense. That plus the outrageous price of the book makes me want to return this.Open Channel Hydraulics OverviewOpen Channel Hydraulics is intended for advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students in the general fields of water resources and environmental engineering. It offers a focused presentation of some of the most common problems encountered by practicing engineers with the inclusion of recent research advances and personal computer applications.In addition, emphasis is placed on the application of basic principles of fluid mechanics to the formulation of open channel flow problems so that the assumption and limitation of existing numerical models are made clear.

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