This publication has been reprinted due to popular demand. It focuses on open channel resistance from the perspective of Manning's formula. The twenty-one papers in this book deal with the fundamental aspects and historical background of flow resistance, steep and gravel channels, and composite and compound channels.

From the Table of Contents:

- Forward
- Hydraulic Resistance in Open Channels
- The Manning Formula in Context
- Nonlinear Resistance Relationships for Alluvial Channels
- Estimation of n in Alluvial Streams
- Power of Flow Resistance in Open Channels: Manning's Formula Revisited
- An Analytical Method for Computation of Rough Boundary Resistance
- A Dimensionless Manning Type Equation
- Replacing Hydraulic Radius in Manning's Formula in Open Channels
- Hydraulics of Mountain Rivers
- Manning's Roughness Coefficient of Mountainous Streams in Taiwan
- Froude Number in Evaluation of Resistance Coefficient in Natural Rivers
- Field Evaluation of Manning's n in Gravel Rivers
- Manning's n of Composite Roughness in Channels of Simple Cross Section
- Examination of Stage-Discharge Relationships of Compound/Composite Channels