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Richard French, Ph.D. P.E.

Richard French, Ph.D.

Selected Publications: Books & Book Chapters

  • French, R.H.: Open-Channel Hydraulics, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1985, Reference Edition; International Student Edition, 1986; Spanish Edition, 1988; Text Edition, 1991.
  • French, R.H.: Hydraulic Processes on Alluvial Fans, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1987.
  • French, R.H. (ED): Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Hydraulics/Hydrology of Arid Lands, Jul.-Aug. 1990, San Diego, Calif., ASCE, New York.
  • French, R.H.: "Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow," in Hydraulic Design Handbook, L. Mays, ED. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1999, pp. 3.1-3.38.
  • French, R.H., McCutcheon, S.C., and Martin, J.L.: "Environmental Hydraulics," in Hydraulic Design Handbook, L. Mays (ED). McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1999, pp. 5.1-5.33.

Journal Articles

  • French, R.H., Miller, J. and Dettling, C.R.: "Estimating Playa Lake Flooding: Edwards Air Force Base, USA." Journal of Hydrology, in press.
  • French, R.H., Curtis, S. and Miller, J.: "Serendipity: Capturing a Design Level Precipitation Event," Journal of the American Water Resources Association, AWRA, Vol. 39, No. 2, April, 2003, pp. 477-486.
  • French, R.H. and Miller J.: Discussion of "Experimental Steep Braided Flow; Application to Flooding Risk on Fans," by D. Cazanacli, C. Paola, and B. Parker, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 128, No. 3, March 2002, Vol. 129, No. 11, November 2003, pp. 920-922.
  • Duan, J.G., French, R.H., and Miller, J.: "The Lodging Velocity for Emergent Aquatic Plants in Open Channels," Journal of the American Water Resources Association, AWRA, Vol. 38, No. 1, February 2002, pp. 255-263.
  • French, R.H., Miller, J. and Curtis, S.: "Estimating the Depth of Deposition (Erosion) at Slope Transitions on Alluvial Fans," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 127, No. 9, September 2001, pp. 780-782.
  • de Anda, J., Quinones, S.E., French, R.H. and Guzman, M.: "Hydrologic Balance of Lake Chapala (Mexico)," Journal of the American Water Resources Association, AWRA, Vol. 34, No. 6, December 1998, pp. 1319-1331.