Underwater Engineering

From the dust jacket: "To work on or under the seas or on the seabed has been and will continue to be a challenge to the engineering ability of man, who, more than ever, is turning to this vast domain for the vital resources of food and energy that he so badly needs. Underwater engineering is international and multi-disciplinary and the triangle involving technical, economic and political aspects is always there. Underwater engineering is a team effort combining the skills of engineers of various disciplines in the subsea environment. This book displays the wide variety of activities, skills, and knowledge that is presently being used and takes a look at the next decade. Advances in diving technology can place a diver safely and effectively in depths of 600 ft and this will progress to depths of 1,000 ft and more. In the range 600-1,000 ft the engineer requires the diver as backup for his techniques and as insurance against failure of those techniques. Divers play a vital role in that most difficult task of establishing a physical link between surface and seabed. However, the needs of man will push him into depths beyond 1,000 ft, and here the role of underwater vehicles, robots, and remote-controlled devices will take the lead.