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Title: Open Channel Hydraulics by V.T. Chow ISBN: 0-07-085906-X Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Pub. Date: 1981 Format: Paperback

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Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A Classic for a Reason
Comment: A professor teaching my Open Channel Flow class stated that this book is widely regarded as "The Bible" of open channel hydraulics. After reviewing a library copy, I was so impressed with it that I bought one for myself. The text is written in a clear, concise language that is sorely lacking in other texts. His chapter on energy and momentum principles is especially good. Sure, it's an old text (1959) but 98% of this book is still relevant. There's a reason it still in print; engineers love it and continue to buy it!

Incidentally, I found the review of this book by Hubert Chanson to be at best, disingenuous. He rates the book with only one star (every other reviewer gave it 5 stars) while at the same time recommending a "better" text that he fails to mention he authored and is out of print! There's one in every crowd.

Rating: 5
Summary: A must-have for hydraulic engineers
Comment: This is the foundational text of modern open-channel hydraulics. All engineers should have a copy. The only negative review on this page (or that I have ever heard) is by an author (Hubert Chanson) of books which compete with this one.

Rating: 5
Summary: Great book
Comment: This is superb text, a standard for over 40 years and for justcause. The explanations are clear and easy to understand--providingexplanation of theory, for example momentum versus energy and confusion between the two.

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