Dimensions, terminology, and review of basic fluid mechanics --; Energy and its dissipation in open channels --; The momentum principle applied to open channel flows --; Nonuniform flows --; Common techniques used in practice and controls --; Unsteady flows --; Numerical solution of the St. Venant equations --; Appendixes : A. [Open channel geometry and properties] --; B. Numerical methods --; C. ODESOL : subroutine to solve ODEs.