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Urban Stormwater Management Tools

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ISBN-10: 0071428372

ISBN-13: 9780071428378

Edition: 2004

Authors: Larry W. Mays

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This guide provides coverage of the methods for managing urban stormwater and preventing sewage overflows and flooding. It details the design of basins and detention systems, covers subsurface and wetland issues, and presents a complete methodology for regulating and dealing with sewer overflows.
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Book details

List price: $140.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 11/25/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Larry W. Mays (Scottsdale, AZ) is Professor of Civil and Engineering at The Arizona State University and former chairman of the department. He has published extensively on water resources literature, including over 60 refered journal publications, 65 papers in proceedings of national and international conferences, 30 reports, and two chapters in The Handbook of Civil Engineers Practice. His books include: co-author of Applied Hydrology by V.T. Chow, D.R. Maidment, and L. Mays, published by McGraw-Hill in 1988; editor of Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems published by ASCE in 1989; co-author of Hydrosystems Engineering and Management with Y.K. Tung and published by…    

Dedication
Contributors
Preface
Hydrology for Excess Water Management
Introduction
Determination of the Design Storm
Determination of the Design-Storm Hydrograph
Flow Routing
Hydrologic Frequency Analysis
Hydrologic Design
Referencees
Hydraulics for Excess Water Management
Introduction
Classification of Flow
Hydraulic Equations
Flow Resistance
Steady Uniform Flow
Nonuniform Flow Water-Surface Profile
Approximate Models for Unsteady-Flow Computation
Finite Difference Numerical Schemes for Flow Routing
Channel Network
Basic Principles for Selection of Hydraulic Level of Equations for Solving Problems
Determination of Channel Carrying Capacities
References
Design of Stormwater Inlets
Introduction
Factors Affecting Inlet Design
Design Frequency and Allowable Spread
Flow in Gutters
Highway Drainage Inlets
Design of Inlet Locations
Median Inlets
Embankment Inlets
Bridge-Deck Drainage
References
Hydraulics of Sewer Systems
Introduction
Flow in a Sewer
Sewer Hydraulic Equations
Steady Sewer Flow
Storm Sewer Design with Rational Method
Capacity and Bottleneck Determination
Hydraulics of Sewer Junctions
Numerical Techniques for Unsteady Flow in a Sewer
Flow in Sewer Network
Sewer Hydraulic Simulation Models
References
Design of Detention Systems
Hydrology and Hydraulics for Detention Systems
Sizing Requirements for Detention Basins
Extended Detention Basins
Retention Basins
Design of Detention Basins
References
Design of Infiltration Basins for Stormwater
Infiltration Devices
General Design Considerations
Design Storage Volume
Basin Geometry
Infiltration Rate and Drain Time
Sustainability of Infiltrating Flow
Potential Flow Model for a Trench
Potential Flow Model for a Circular Basin
Growth Function of Water Mound
Recession Function of Water Mound
Calibration of Growth Function
Evaluation of Recession Function
Closing
References
Risk/Reliability Models for Design
Introduction
Reliability Analysis Methods
Risk-Based Design of Stormwater Collection Systems
References
Index