Featherstone R. E. - Nalluri & Featherstones civil engineering hydraulics: essential theory with worked examples

This edition first published 2016
Fifth edition first published 2009
Fourth edition published 2001
Third edition published 1995
Second edition published 1988
First edition published 1982

First, second, third, fourth and fifth editions 1982, 1988, 1995, 2001 and 2009 by R.E. Featherstone & C. Nalluri
This edition 2016 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Marriott, Martin, author. | Featherstone, R. E., author. | Nalluri, C., author.
Title: Nalluri & Featherstone's civil engineering hydraulics : essential theory with worked examples.
Other titles: Civil engineering hydraulics
Description: 6th edition/ Martin Marriott, University of East London. | Chichester,West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015044914 (print) | LCCN 2015045968 (ebook) | ISBN 9781118915639 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781118915806 (pdf) | ISBN 9781118915660 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Hydraulic engineering. | Hydraulics.
Classification: LCC TC145 .N35 2016 (print) | LCC TC145 (ebook) | DDC 627dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015044914

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This book has regularly been on reading lists for hydraulics and water engineering modules for university civil engineering degree students. The concise summary of theory and the worked examples have been useful to me both as a practising engineer and as an academic.

The fifth edition aimed to retain all the good qualities of Nalluri and Featherstone's previous editions, with updating as necessary and with an additional chapter on environmental hydraulics and hydrology.

The latest sixth edition now adds a new chapter on coastal engineering prepared by my colleague Dr Ravindra Jayaratne based on original material and advice from Dr Dominic Hames of HR Wallingford. As before, each chapter contains theory sections, after which there are worked examples followed by a list of references and recommended reading. Then there are further problems as a useful resource for students to tackle. The numerical answers to these are at the back of the book, and solutions are available to download from the publisher's website: http://www.wiley.com/go/Marriott.

I am grateful to all those who have helped me in many ways, either through their advice in person or through their published work, and of course to the many students with whom I have enjoyed studying this material.

Martin Marriott
University of East London
2016

This well-established text draws on Nalluri and Featherstone's extensive teaching experience at Newcastle University, including material provided by Professor J. Saldarriaga of the University of Los Andes, Colombia. The text has been updated and extended by Dr Martin Marriott with input from Dr Ravindra Jayaratne of the University of East London and Dr Dominic Hames of HR Wallingford.

Martin Marriott is a chartered civil engineer, with degrees from the Universities of Cambridge, Imperial College London and Hertfordshire. He has wide professional experience in the UK and overseas with major firms of consulting engineers, followed by many years of experience as a lecturer in higher education, currently at the University of East London.

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