作者为美国陆军工程师兵团退休工程师,Arisona大学土木及工程力学系客座教授. 本书根据作者在Arisona大学讲课的讲义写成,全书共十四章,560页,涉及河流工程各个方面,材料大都来自美国陆军工程师团,概括了密西西比河及其支流密苏里河、阿肯萨斯河河流工程的主要方面.全书内容有:(1)绪论;(2)河道形态;(3)河流 A retired engineer of the Corps of Engineers, a visiting professor at the Department of Civil and Engineering Mechanics at Arisona University, the book is based on a lecture by the author at Arisona University, a total of 14 chapters, 560 pages covering all aspects of river engineering, mostly from the United States Army Engineering Corps summarizes major aspects of the Mississippi and its tributaries Missouri and the Arkansas rivers. The book contains: (1) Introduction; (2) Channel morphology; (3) River