Meet the editor

Associate Professor Amimul Ahsan was born in Netrokona, Bangladesh. He received a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Fukui, Japan. He has nearly 15 years' research, teaching, and industry experience. He has published extensively on water and environmental engineering, including nine books, 16 book chapters, and over 131 journal articles. He has received 14 international awards, including "Who's Who in the World

2015," "Leading Engineers of the World 2013," and the "Vice Chancellor Fellowship Award (Science and Technology)" from Sultan Selangor (Chancellor, UPM), Malaysia, in 2015. He is editor-in-chief of five journals in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Malaysia, and founder of the *Journal of Desalination and Water Purification* and the *Journal of Advanced Civil Engineering Practice and Research*. He is involved with several collaborative research projects globally and has a Scopus *h*-index of 22. He has been involved in organizing more than 40 international conferences as a session chair and co-chair, keynote speaker, invited/session speaker, and organizing/technical program committee (TPC) member in different countries for some time (e.g. 4th GCSTMR World Congress 2019, Dhaka; Global Civil Engineering Conf. (GCEC) 2017 at Malaysia; and 8th Innovation Arabia Conf. in February 16–18, 2015 at HBMSU, Dubai, UAE). He was a former faculty member of the Department of Civil Engineering and key researcher at the Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia (2010–2017). Currently, he is an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Uttara University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

Contents

Water Resources Efficiently

*by Costel Boariu*

Structures

*by Amimul Ahsan and Monzur Imteaz*

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 5**

**Chapter 3 19**

**Chapter 4 39**

**Chapter 5 51**

*Abubakar Shitu, Umar Abdulbaki Danhassan and Aliyu Idris Muhammad*

Introductory Chapter: Hydraulic Structures for Managing

Operation and Maintenance of Hydraulic Structures *by Musa Abubakar Tadda, Amimul Ahsan, Monzur Imteaz,* 

Bottom Discharge Conduit for Embankment Dams

Review of Methods of Measuring Streamflow Using Hydraulic

*by Adeniyi Ganiyu Adeogun and Apalando Abdulrasaq Mohammed*

Geotechnical Engineering Applied on Earth and Rock-Fill Dams

*by Raúl Flores-Berrones and Norma Patricia López-Acosta*

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Preface

Hydraulic structures such as dams, reservoirs, culverts, weirs, and spillways are engineering constructions designed and maintained for managing and utilizing water resources efficiently for the betterment of human beings and to save our environment. A dam is a very common structure, which is constructed across flowing water. It obstructs or directs or retards the water flow, commonly forming a reservoir. *Hydraulic Structures: Theory and Applications* conveys a broad understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of various hydraulic structures. Emphasis is given to the analysis and design of different types of hydraulic structures. Various applications of hydraulic structure analysis are

This book introduces advanced ideas on hydraulic structures: theory and applications to the international community. It includes five advanced and revised contributions, and covers (1) an introductory chapter on hydraulic structures, (2) the operation and maintenance of hydraulic structures, (3) a bottom discharge conduit for dams, (4) a review of methods of measuring streamflow using hydraulic structures, and (5) geotechnical engineering applied to earth-rock dams. The aim of the book is to provide a text for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Researchers, designers, and operators of hydraulic structures will find the text of interest and a stimulating up-to-date reference source.

Readers of this book will appreciate the current issues on hydraulic structures in different aspects. The approaches are applicable to various industrial purposes as well. The advanced ideas and information described here will be fruitful for readers to find a

The editor of this book would like to express sincere thanks to all authors for their highquality contributions and in particular to the reviewers and assistants for reviewing/

The editor would also like to express appreciation to all who have helped to prepare this book, especially Author Service Manager Ms. Dolores Kuzelj, Commissioning Editor

Gratitude is expressed to Mrs. Ahsan, Ibrahim Bin Ahsan, Marium Binti Ahsan, Yahya Bin Ahsan, Yusuf Bin Ahsan, and my mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brothers, and sisters for their endless inspiration, mental support, and also necessary

**Amimul Ahsan**

Uttara University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Melbourne, Australia

Department of Civil Engineering,

Swinburne University of Technology,

Department of Civil and Construction Engineering,

sustainable solution to problems encountered by an industrialized society.

also incorporated.

revising the chapters.

Ms. Anja Filipovic and IntechOpen publisher.

help whenever any difficulty arose.
