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Rivers have always shaped the development of human society, their flows of water and sediment influencing food production, transportation, industrial activity, and power generation. Extreme flows that cause flood and drought, erosion, and sedimentation have brought widespread damage and untold misery. Since ancient times, people have known that river flows transport sediment, but not until the start of the twentieth century did engineers and scientists begin to understand the complex interaction of flowing water and sediment. In this biography, Robert Ettema and Cornelia Mutel engagingly describe the work of one man —Hans Albert Einstein— and his search to understand and unravel the complexities of rivers. The son of Albert Einstein, Hans Albert developed theoretical insights and practical methods that helped lay groundwork for our current understanding of how flowing water transports sediment. Hans Albert's career was shaped by his early life and formal education in Switzerland, his move to the United States in the 1930s, and growing U.S. concerns about an array of sediment problems. The dynamic relationship with his famous father was played out against a backdrop of family quarrels and illness and political tensions. Though working in different fields of science, Hans Albert and Albert each stood at a scientific frontier. This shared circumstance enriched their relationship. Hans Albert Einstein: His Life as a Pioneering Engineer is a chronological walk through Hans Albert's life and his contributions to our understanding of river behavior. It includes the first published discussion of his personal interactions with his parents and brother, as well as his relationships with his wives and children. These details of family life parallel the examination of Hans Albert's search for formulas relating sediment transport and water flow in rivers. Hans Albert's research is positioned within the broader history of river engineering. This book gives a taste of the centuries-old efforts to define order in river behavior. Such efforts continue to the present day.

Hydraulic engineers --- Distinguished engineers --- Rivers and streams --- Sediment transport --- Water shortage --- River flow --- Sediment --- Water supply systems --- Water flow --- Switzerland --- Europe --- United States --- Einstein, H. A.

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Sponsored by the Task Committee on Sediment Dynamics Post-Dam Removal of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE. Manual of Practice 122 provides guidance, documentation, and field results for the numerical and physical modeling of sediment movement when dams are removed from waterways. Dams alter ecology, block fish passage, increase downstream scour, and displace residents. As awareness grows regarding the adverse environmental impacts of dams on ecosystems and fish populations, interest in dam removal is gaining momentum. However, the impounded sediment collected behind many dams poses another set of environmental and technical problems. This manual addresses issues such as the behavior of stored sediment and overall stream geomorphology after a dam is removed. MOP 122 offers information about dam removal that is valuable to watershed and river managers, environmental engineers, and consultants, as well as to researchers.

Sediment transport. --- Dam retirement --- Dams --- Sediment --- Numerical models --- Physical models --- Rivers and streams --- Sediment transport --- Ecosystems --- Field tests --- Mid Atlantic --- Washington --- United States --- Environmental aspects.

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Sponsored by the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of ASCE On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck off the coast of the Tohoku region. This 9.0 magnitude earthquake induced shaking and tsunamis along more than 2000 km of Japanese coastline and damaged port and harbor facilities from metropolitan Tokyo to the northern extent of Honshu. In May 2011, the ASCE-COPRI Port and Harbor Facilities Field Survey Team worked closely with Japan's Ports and Airports Research Institute to conduct extensive field reconnaissance examining the tsunami and earthquake effects specific to port waterfront structures and ancillary components, such as cargo cranes, conveyance systems, and piping equipment. This investigation focused on the design and construction of these structures with an emphasis on the lessons learned from both failures and successes. Information from on-site observations and interviews with facility owners, eyewitnesses, researchers, and government officials are incorporated into this report. The broad area covered, from Soma to Hachinohe in the northern prefectures of Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima, facilitated the interpretation of damage patterns across the region affected by the earthquake, with a primary goal of distinguishing port damage due to strong ground shaking from that caused by subsequent and significant tsunami inundation. This report highlights field observations and initiates efforts to develop an extensive collection of geotechnical, structural, coastal, and seismological data.

Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011. --- Tsunamis --- Harbors --- Earthquake damage --- Earthquake intensity --- Ports and harbors --- Earthquakes --- Harbor facilities --- Geotechnical engineering --- Petroleum refining --- Seas and oceans --- Rivers and streams --- Japan --- Asia

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Prepared by the Hurricane Katrina Assessment Ports, Harbors, and Marine Team of the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of ASCE. This report assesses the impact of Hurricane Katrina upon coastal, port, harbor, and marine infrastructure, including levees, in the states of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. This comprehensive evaluation also offers lessons learned for the protection of existing natural coastal barriers, re-establishment of lost natural coastal barriers, and design of future coastal infrastructure to withstand storm events of Katrina's magnitude. An enlightening read, this book will be of interest to coastal engineers and anyone involved in natural disaster management and prevention.

Hurricane Katrina, 2005. --- Building, Stormproof. --- Harbors --- Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones --- Ports and harbors --- Rivers and streams --- Infrastructure --- Gates (hydraulic) --- Seas and oceans --- Professional societies --- Levees and dikes --- United States --- Louisiana --- Alabama --- Mississippi

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Proceedings with invited papers, of the Great Rivers History Symposium, presented at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, held in Kansas City, Missouri, May 17-21, 2009. Sponsored by the National History and Heritage Committee and the Education and Research Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE; American Academy of Water Resources Engineers. This collection contains 18 papers focusing on the great rivers of the world. Papers examine the engineering challenges of balancing the urgency for development and growth with the environmental need for a sustainable future. Topics include: the Paris sewer system; the Turtle Creek Reservoir; the Missouri River channel project; Columbia River exploration and mapping; major U.S. dam failures; and Darcy's Law. This collection will be valuable to practitioners, professors, and students interested in environmental and water resources engineering history.

Water resources development --- Hydraulic engineering --- River engineering --- History --- Rivers and streams --- Water resources --- History and Heritage --- Dam failures --- Municipal water --- Urban areas --- Education --- Missouri --- United States --- Paris --- France --- Europe --- Missouri River