by Ray K. Linsley, Jr. and Joseph B. Franzin

Brooks, Norman H.

Name not available

Elements of Hydraulic Engineering

ELEMENTS OF 
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING 
By Ray K. Linsley, Jr., 
and Joseph B. Franzini 
McGraw-Hill, New York $9.00 
Reviewed by Norman H. Brooks, 
Asst. Prof. of Civil Engineering 
PROFESSORS LINSLEY and Franzini of 
Stanford have produced an unusual 
elementary book covering all the 
principal phases of hydraulics engi- 
neering; encountered by civil engi- 
neers. It is unique in that it attempts 
to show the common basis of the 
subjects of irrigation. water supply, 
hydroelectric power, river naviga- 
tion, drainage. sewerage and sewage 
treatment. and flood control-all of 
which are rarely treated in a single 
book. It is intended to be a text- 
book for undergraduates and not a 
comprehensive reference book for 
practicing engineers. 
The first section of the book deals 
with the fundamentals of hydrology 
and water law: the second section in- 
cludes chapters covering basic hy- 
draulic structures. hydraulic ma- 
chinery. and economic aspects of 
hydraulic projects. The third section 
treats the various hydraulic engi- 
neering fields (enumerated above), 
all of which are based to some ex- 
tent on the subject matter covered in 
the first two sections. It is an ex- 
cellent approach. for the student 
should learn the fundamentals of a11 
hydraulic engineering before narrow- 
ly specializing in irrigation, water 
supply, or some other specific field. 
There is no other American text- 
book with this arrangement of sub- 
jert matter. 
The book is descriptive rather than 
analytical in nature. Because of its 
broad scope, none of the subjects is 
covered thoroughly and the treat- 
ment is sometimes superficial and 
over-simplified. However, numerous 
references to the literature are in- 
eluded, so that it is not too difficult 
to find more detailed information. I11 
their efforts to be all-inclusive, the 
authors are perhaps guilty of trying 
to include too many topics; for ex- 
ample, the section on stability of 
slopes could be better left to a soil 
mechanics textbook. 
The readers of this publication 
will be interested in the fact that 
the junior author of this fine work 
is Joseph B. Franzini. a Caltech 
alumnus, class of '42. 
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