This is a reprint of the original standard work, first published by Pitman, with minor changes.
The object of the book is to provide a connected account of the principles of computational hydraulics as these appear in the theory of free-surface flows, its most important area of application.
It provides an advanced introduction to, and survey of, numerical modelling with digital computers in hydraulics, coastal and offshore engineering, and is of special interest to researchers, graduate students and engineers practising in these and related fields.