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Design of Submersibles

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Concept design; Design spiral; Detailed design; Empirical design; Hydrodynamic design; Multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO); Optimal design; Preliminary design; Reliability-based design (RBD); Structural design; Technical design

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Design of a submersible is the creation of a plan for the construction of a submersible. Designing often necessitates considering the aesthetic, functional, economic, and sociopolitical dimensions of both the design object and design process. It may involve considerable research, thought, modeling, interactive adjustment, and redesign. More specifically, design is a specification of a certain type of submersibles which is manifested by a user and intended to accomplish certain missions in a particular environment using a set of primitive components, satisfying a set of requirements, subject to certain constraints.

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  1. School of Engineering Hangzhou, Westalek University, Zhejiang, China

    Weicheng Cui

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    Weicheng Cui

  2. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

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  3. School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK

    Zhiqiang Hu

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Cui, W. (2020). Design of Submersibles. In: Cui, W., Fu, S., Hu, Z. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_55-2

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    Design of Submersibles
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_55-2

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