Hydroelectric handbook
- 2a ed.
- New York : Wiley, 1950.
- 1183 p.; 23cm
Rainfall;Evaporation;Factors affecting runoff;River gaging;Estimation stream flow;Floods flows;Investigation of sities;Hydraulics;Head, power and efficiency;Pondage and storage;Types of hydro plants;Coast of stream power;Coast of hydro power;Reports;Solid gravity concrete dams;Arch dams;Buttressea concrete dams;Earth dams, general principles of design;Stability of earth dams;Rock-fill dams;Timmer dams ans steel dams;Spillways and headwater control;Intakes;Conduits;Canals;Flumes;Steel pipes;Tunnels;Water hammer;Surge tanks;Powerhouse superstructures;Hydraulics turbines;Electrical design;Generators, exciters and transformers