Comprehensive text on the fundamentals of modeling flow and sediment transport in rivers treating both physical principles and numerical methods for various degrees of complexity. Includes 1-D, 2-D (both depth- and width-averaged) and 3-D models, as well as the integration and coupling of these models. Contains a broad selection of numerical methods for open-channel flows, such as the SIMPLE(C) algorithms on staggered and non-staggered grids, the projection method, and the stream function and vorticity method. The state-of-the-art in sediment transport modeling approaches is described, such as non-equilibrium transport models, non-uniform total-load transport models, and semi-coupled and coupled procedures for flow and sediment calculations. Sediment transport theory is discussed and many newly-developed, non-uniform sediment transport formulae are presented. The many worked examples illustrate various conditions, such as reservoir sedimentation; channel erosion due to dam construction; channel widening and meandering; local scour around in-stream hydraulic structures; vegetation effects on channel morphodynamic processes; cohesive sediment transport; dam-break fluvial processes and contaminant transport. Recommended as a reference guide for river and hydraulic engineers and as a course text for teaching sediment transport modeling, computational free-surface flow, and computational river dynamics to senior students.
"[...] this book fills one of the sorely needed areas of hydraulic engineering. The topic is fascinating and readers will find a substantial digest of algorithms for the calculation of hydraulics and sediment transport in deformable channels. The book is particularly well suited for savvy numerical modelers. The straightforward notation and apparently flawless presentation of the algorithms are commendable attributes. [...] With his background from China, studies in Europe, and practice in the United States, the author presents this subject from a unique international perspective."
Pierre Y. Julien, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, October 2008, p. 1542
"The book contains the most extensive coverage of formulas for numerical modeling of sediment transport that I have seen. It is well written with readable English and informative figures. The topics cover most areas of numerical modeling of rivers, from the equation describing the water flow to discretization in 1, 2, and 3 dimensions. [...] Dr. Wu's book is [a] valuable contribution to the field of computational river dynamics."
Nils R. Olsen, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, October 2008, p. 1543
"[...] the present book is to my knowledge a unique resource for engineers and scientists interested in numerical modeling of flow and sediment transport in alluvial channels." George S. Constantinescu, Journal of Hydraulic Research, vol. 46, no. 6, 2008
"This book is one of the first to present a complete picture of the physical principles and numerical methods used in computational river dynamics."
W. Czernuszenko, Archives of Hydro-Engineering and Environmental Mechanics, vol. 54, no. 4, 2007
Pierre Y. Julien, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, October 2008, p. 1542
"The book contains the most extensive coverage of formulas for numerical modeling of sediment transport that I have seen. It is well written with readable English and informative figures. The topics cover most areas of numerical modeling of rivers, from the equation describing the water flow to discretization in 1, 2, and 3 dimensions. [...] Dr. Wu's book is [a] valuable contribution to the field of computational river dynamics."
Nils R. Olsen, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, October 2008, p. 1543
"[...] the present book is to my knowledge a unique resource for engineers and scientists interested in numerical modeling of flow and sediment transport in alluvial channels." George S. Constantinescu, Journal of Hydraulic Research, vol. 46, no. 6, 2008
"This book is one of the first to present a complete picture of the physical principles and numerical methods used in computational river dynamics."
W. Czernuszenko, Archives of Hydro-Engineering and Environmental Mechanics, vol. 54, no. 4, 2007