Ocean Engineering

The present book ??????Ocean Engineering?????? is very useful not only for engineering students but also for teachers and research scholars. The book carries important topics like Harbor Design, Oscila System, Oceanic Biomedical Techniques, Mooring Line Geometry, Positioning of Submersibles and Surface Ships, Delta Project etc. This book is very useful not only for marine engineering students but also for research scholars and teachers. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Harbor Design and the Design of The Oscilab; The suitable harbor design, The technique of harbor design, The bottom topography of a harbor, The oscilab system, The operational phases of the oscilab system, The preparation for submerging, Submerged-on site and submerged-emergency, The principal elements of the oscilab design; Chapter 3: Underwater Human Activity; Introduction, The saturation techniques, Underwater activity, The commercial diving and underwater mining, The underwater sources, Underwater drilling; Chapter 4: The Oceanic Biomedical Sciences; Introduction, The biomedical technicians, The decompression injuries, The physical process of decompression; Chapter 5: The Mooring Ropes; Introduction, The steel wire mooring line, The strength of ropes, The mooring line geometry; Chapter 6: The Nature of Waves in Oceans; Introduction, The mechanism of wave generation, Phillip??????s theory and mile??????s shear-flow hypothesis, The probability distributions, An explosion wave system, Propagation of waves in nonuniform depth, The breaking of wave transformation, The poincare waves; Chapter 7: The Positioning of Submersibles and Surface Ships; Introduction, The characteristics of submersible hulls, The utilization of force units, The types of propelling devices, The positioning-control criteria, The complete propulsion system; Chapter 8: The Air-Sea Interface; The transition techniques in ocean, The structural arrangement for sliding gantry, Details of standoff boom connections, The H