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Springer Handbook of Ocean Engineering.

The handbook is the definitive reference for the interdisciplinary field that is ocean engineering. It integrates the coverage of fundamental and applied material and encompasses a diverse spectrum of systems, concepts and operations in the maritime environment, as well as providing a comprehensive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dhanak, Manhar R.
Otros Autores: Xiros, Nikolaos, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016.
Colección:Springer Handbooks,
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; About the Editors; About the Part Editors; List of Authors; Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Enabling Maritime Design and Development; 1.2 History; 1.3 Basics; 1.4 Applications; 1.5 Future Trends; References; Part A Fundamentals; 2 Elements of Physical Oceanography; 2.1 Atmospheric Processes; 2.2 Ocean Structure; 2.3 Oceanic Processes; 2.4 Surface Gravity Waves; 2.5 Wind-Forced Ocean Processes; 2.6 Deep Ocean Currents; 2.7 Coastal Ocean Currents; 2.8 Ocean Surface Tides; 2.9 Oceanic Internal Waves and Tides; References; 3 Metocean Extreme and Operating Conditions.
  • 3.1 Quantifying the Metocean Environment3.2 Overview of WWC Processes; 3.3 Measurements; 3.4 Modeling; 3.5 Joint Events; 3.6 Operational Criteria; 3.7 Extreme Criteria; 3.8 Conclusions; References; 4 Mechanics of Ocean Waves; 4.1 Ocean Surface Waves; 4.2 Wave Theories; 4.3 Properties of Small Amplitude Gravity Waves; 4.4 Weakly Nonlinear Deep Water Wave Theories; 4.5 Shallow Water Wave Theories; 4.6 Transformation of Waves Approaching Land; 4.7 Computational Method for Fully Nonlinear Waves; 4.8 Wave Forces on Fixed and Floating Structures; 4.9 Concluding Remarks; References.
  • 5 Physical Properties of Seawater5.1 Hydrostatic Pressure; 5.2 Temperature; 5.3 Salinity; 5.4 Density; 5.5 Temperature-Salinity Relationships; 5.6 Specific Heat; 5.7 Freezing of Sea Water and Sea Ice; 5.8 Coefficient of Thermal Expansion; 5.9 Sound Velocity; 5.10 Acoustic Ambient Noise; 5.11 Light Transmission; References; 6 Principles of Marine Corrosion; 6.1 Chemical and Physical Composition of Seawater; 6.2 Materials Used in Marine Environments; 6.3 Marine Corrosion of Steel; 6.4 Modeling Longer Term Corrosion of Steel; 6.5 Other Influences on Steel Corrosion.
  • 6.6 Pitting Corrosion of Steel6.7 Some Other Important Materials; 6.8 Conclusion; References; 7 Hydromechanics; 7.1 Dimensional Analysis, Basic Estimation, and Model Testing; 7.2 Fluid Statics; 7.3 Hydrodynamics; References; 8 Ocean Electromagnetics; 8.1 Electromagnetism in an Ocean Environment; 8.2 Electromagnetic Field Theory; 8.3 Plane Wave Propagation; 8.4 Reflection and Transmission of a Plane Wave at the Surface of Fresh Water; 8.5 Plane Wave Incident on Seawater; 8.6 Magnetic and Electric Dipoles in an Unbounded Ocean; 8.7 Magnetic and Electric Dipoles in a Bounded Ocean.
  • 8.8 Electromagnetic Propagation in the Ocean at Optical WavelengthsReferences; 9 Digital Signal Processing; 9.1 Discrete-Time Systems; 9.2 Digital Filters; 9.3 The Fast Fourier Transform (FFTfast!Fourier transform); 9.4 Waveform Analysis; 9.5 Optimal Signal Estimation; 9.6 Concluding Remarks; References; 10 Control Theory and Applications; 10.1 System Theory; 10.2 Analysis of LTI Systems; 10.3 SISO System Controls; 10.4 Pole Placement of LTI Systems; 10.5 Course-Keeping Autopilots; References; Part B Autonomous Ocean Vehicles, Subsystems and Control.