Table of Contents:
  • SPILLWAYS; Spillways: Functions and Classification; Spillway Design: An Overview; Spillway Design Flood: Estimation and Selection; Ogee or Overflow Spillways; Chute and Side Channel Spillways; Stepped Spillways; Siphon Spillways; Shaft Spillways; Labyrinth and Duckbill Spillways; Tunnel and Culvert Spillways; Free Jet and Straight Drop Spillways; Fuse Plugs and Fuse Gate Spillways; Spillways for Flood and Sediment Disposal; Unlined Spillways; Inflatable Rubber Weirs; Overtopping Protection of Dams Used as Spillways; Spillway Crest Gates; ; ENERGY DISSIPATION; Energy Dissipators for Spillways; Hydraulic Jump Stilling Basins; Trajectory Buckets; Solid and Slotted Roller Buckets; Energy Dissipators for Shaft and Tunnel Spillways; Impact-Type Energy Dissipators; Unconventional Designs; ; CAVITATION AND AIR ENTRAINMENT; Cavitation in Spillways and Energy Dissipators; Air Entainment and Forced Aeration; ; HYDRAULIC MODELLING; Hydraulic Modelling of Spillways