Hydraulic engineering is the field associated with the practical application of fluid dynamics.  In practice, this means the subset of civil engineering related to water and other fluids in real life: dams, bridges, and cooling systems, as well as sewage and environmental engineering problems.  Construction and safety concerns related to storing and moving fluids all fall under this umbrella: from large-scale projects like reservoirs and canals to small pumps and gravity-driven flow. Safety and environmental concerns are obviously important in modern hydraulic engineering.  Hydraulic engineers also must learn related sciences of geology and surveying as they study river flow, sediment, and other factors which must be understood before undertaking a project.

This book presents multiple example problems of hydraulic engineering in order to serve as both a useful classroom text and a reference for professional engineers.  Modern technological solutions for flow modeling include computer-based applications and mathematics for turbulent and chaotic flow. The current edition is in common use in university engineering courses and addresses cavitation in hydraulic design while including both simple and complex problem sets as the book goes on.  The concepts inside are applicable to everything from coolant systems in power plants to sewage treatment plants, so whether you’re designing a water pump or a large-scale project, something in this book is going to end up being useful.

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