Not a clue, but this book received 4.5 stars out of 11 user reviews on a Amazon. If you have Amazon Prime, you can get it for free in two days!

http://www.amazon.com/Fluid-Mechanics-Fundamentals-Applications-Cengel/dp/0073380326/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1427208851&sr=1-3

William Neely wrote an animated book called simply, Kayak. It is the best book on the subject IMHO and one every paddler should read or own.

SOPBOATER hit that nail on the head.

William Neely gives the easiest-to-understand look at how river hydraulics interact with boats (and humans).
Definitely worth the read and the cash.

Gotta love "Kayak", best cartoon examples and clear explanations that I have seen.  Nothing beats paddling and scouting multiple rapids with other experienced boaters to give you advice and knowledge! 

Until one is aware of the cause and effects of quarks, it is doubtful they will ever progress beyond a mere mortal state of paddling.

Thanks for the info guys.

William Nealy.
Kayak.
The Squirt Book.
I have both copies, Image Ak, but really you should do two things:

1) Simply sit beside ANY complex, dynamic rapid. Do a HUGE BONG HIT or two. Then,( and this distinction is important) DO NOT merely look at the river--- one must instead SEE The River. Listen, as well. It will sing you its song, and wisper its secrets...

I recommend Psilocybon. Tom Love, Creater of the Ninja R2 cataraft-like unique class V creekin Inflatable (WHOSE IDEA HAS BEEN STOLEN BY THE LIKES OF fu*kIN HYSIDE, AND SEVERAL OTHER INFLABLE THIEVES) Known as The Shredder, once recounted a tail of sitting at the bottom of Clasz III Entrance Rapids on the Lower Yough in Ohiopyle PA. He was trippin ballz on Mushrooms and observed a surge 1/4 Mi upstream. He then watched that surge as its accordian effect echoed in its compression wave all the way downstream towards the very rock he was eddied out behind, until said surge lapped up over the rock, and splashed onto his lap. He claims an accute enhancement of his "River Vision" ever since.

So, you don't need a dry accedemic manual full of boring equations. You don't need math. I flunked math myself it is a wonder I graduated Highschool at all.

Dude,just get a bag of Mushrooms and sit next to a rapid. Don't paddle on mushrooms though until you have truly "arrived". It goes against the tenents of the AcA code. Never, EVER boat under the influence of drugs. Awe--who We Kiddin?

Get a bag of Mushrooms.
Can you get to that? Listen to "Maggot Brain" while you're at it, you River Maggot you (That's a Nealy reference bro, and a Funkedelic reference as well, so...)

2) come hang with me at least 3 times. (but I don't eat shrooms no more) Just make sure there ain't no "Attack Of The Kayak Clones" bullsh*t goin on. These Plastic People all wanna look like they b the sh*t. Therefore they jyst Skimmin the Surface. Ameture Fools With Professional Tools... YOU are not like them, Image AK, because you got the soul to hit the Tilton with little roll and half the paddle. You are LEGIT.I suspect you already know what it means to boat in the Deep End of The River.

3)Just make sure your skills and technique stay ahead of your experience. Keen Observation is a Skill. Don't flush through each rapid like all those Driftwood Kayak Clone Dipsh*tz. Pause below each rapid. Paddle around. Look upstream at what you ran.

Edited by jP - 08 Apr 2015 at 9:28pm

I've also been reading a book for raft guide training, Whitewater Rafter, by Jeff Bennett.  On page 125 there's a section on Rafting in the Third Dimension.  I found this to be really informative in describing hydraulics, waves, holes, eddys and other features.