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Springer Handbook of Ocean Engineering

  • Provides a comprehensive well-written account of research and development in ocean/marine engineering, naval architecture and related disciplines by leading experts in the field
  • Discusses the latest in ocean engineering research, including harnessing the ocean as an energy resource, coastal protection techniques and offshore and subsea engineering automation
  • Covers a wide spectrum of ocean engineering with material anchored in seven parts in over forty-five chapters
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (49 chapters)

  1. Autonomous Ocean Vehicles, Subsystems and Control

    1. Non-Acoustic Sensors

      • David Fries, William Kirkwood
      Pages 423-440
    2. Cooperative Vehicle Environmental Monitoring

      • Naomi Ehrich Leonard
      Pages 441-458
    3. Nested Autonomy for Distributed Ocean Sensing

      • Henrik Schmidt, Michael R. Benjamin, Stephanie M. Petillo, Raymond Lum
      Pages 459-480
    4. Science of Autonomy: Time-Optimal Path Planning and Adaptive Sampling for Swarms of Ocean Vehicles

      • Pierre F.J. Lermusiaux, Tapovan Lolla, Patrick J. Haley Jr., Konuralp Yigit, Mattheus P. Ueckermann, Thomas Sondergaard et al.
      Pages 481-498
    5. Cooperative Vehicle Target Tracking

      • Frank Ehlers
      Pages 499-516
    6. Rules of the Road for Unmanned Marine Vehicles

      • Joseph A. Curcio
      Pages 517-526
    7. Autonomy: Risk Assessment

      • Mario P. Brito, Gwyn Griffiths
      Pages 527-544
  2. Coastal Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 545-548
    2. Physical Characteristics of Coastal Hazards

      • Jennifer L. Irish, Robert Weiss, Donald T. Resio
      Pages 549-566
    3. Statistical Characterization of Hazards and Risk in Coastal Areas

      • Donald T. Resio, Mark A. Tumeo, Jennifer L. Irish
      Pages 567-596
    4. Modeling of Coastal Waves and Hydrodynamics

      • Patrick J. Lynett, James M. Kaihatu
      Pages 597-610
    5. Modeling of Coastal Morphological Processes

      • J.A. Dano Roelvink, Dirk-Jan R. Walstra, Mick van der Wegen, Roshanka Ranasinghe
      Pages 611-634
    6. Beach Nourishment

      • Robert G. Dean, Thomas J. Campbell
      Pages 635-652
    7. Storm Hazard Mitigation Structures

      • David R. Basco
      Pages 653-684
    8. Port and Harbor Design

      • Andrew Cairns, John M. Carel, Xiao Li
      Pages 685-710
    9. Marine Outfalls

      • Peter M. Tate, Salvatore Scaturro, Bruce Cathers
      Pages 711-740
  3. Offshore Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 741-744
    2. Offshore Platforms

      • Arisi S.J. Swamidas, Dronnadula V. Reddy
      Pages 745-754
    3. Stability of Offshore Systems

      • Alexia Aubault, R. Cengiz Ertekin
      Pages 755-786
    4. Wave, Current and Wind Loads

      • R. Cengiz Ertekin, George Rodenbusch
      Pages 787-818

About this book

This 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 update on contemporary, leading-edge ocean technologies. Coverage includes an overview on the fundamentals of ocean science, ocean signals and instrumentation, coastal structures, developments in ocean energy technologies and ocean vehicles and automation. It aims at practitioners in a range of offshore industries and naval establishments as well as academic researchers and graduate students in ocean, coastal, offshore and marine engineering and naval architecture.

The Springer Handbook of Ocean Engineering is organized in five parts: Part A: Fundamentals, Part B: Autonomous Ocean Vehicles, Subsystems and Control, Part C: Coastal Design, Part D: Offshore Technologies, Part E: Energy Conversion

Reviews

“This book has a lot of information and ranges from the theoretical to day-to-day management of systems and structures that work in oceans. There are plenty of diagrams and photographs. There is also a lot of mathematics! This is in many ways a good example of a reference book and those involved with the various topics it covers should consider purchasing.” (John Goodier, Reference Reviews, Vol. 31 (7), 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Inst. for Ocean and Systems Engineering – SeaTech, Florida Atlantic University, Dania Beach, USA

    Manhar R. Dhanak

  • School of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, USA

    Nikolaos I. Xiros

About the editors

Dr. Dhanak is the Director of The Institute for Ocean and Systems Engineering (SeaTech) and Professor of Ocean Engineering at Florida Atlantic University. He also serves as Director of Research for Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center and is the past Chairman of the Department of Ocean Engineering.

Dr. Xiros is a Professor of Ocean Engineering at the University of New Orleans and his research interests include marine engineering and control systems for renewable energy.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Springer Handbook of Ocean Engineering

  • Editors: Manhar R. Dhanak, Nikolaos I. Xiros

  • Series Title: Springer Handbooks

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16649-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-16648-3Published: 06 June 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-16649-0Published: 23 July 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2522-8692

  • Series E-ISSN: 2522-8706

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: LXVIII, 1345

  • Topics: Offshore Engineering, Oceanography, Coastal Sciences, Energy Systems

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