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MARINE ENGINEERING & OCEAN ENGINEERING Buoyancy & Isostasy Marine Structures, Ship Design, Ship Structural Analysis, Small Craft Design, etc. Ocean Engineering Hydrodynamics ~ Hydrophone Line, Rope, Knots, Rigging & Splicing Marine Diving Technology ~ Marine Navigation Marine Power and Marine Propulsion Navy Carriers, Surface Ships, Nuclear Submarines, etc. Ocean Acoustics ~ Oceanography & Marine Geochemistry Offshore Moorings & Anchors ~ Offshore Platforms Propeller Design & Cavitation ~ Radar, AIS & EW ~ Sonar Underwater Vehicles, AUVs, Gliders, etc. Fluid Mechanics - CFD ~ Thermodynamics Engineering Center Calculators On-Line Center

Buoyancy & Isostasy BUOYANCY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS BUOYANT FORCE IN LIQUIDS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS BUOYANT FORCE IN LIQUIDS (JAVA APPLET) - W. Fendt, Augsburg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Germany) Available in English, French/Français, German/Deutsch, Italian/Italiano & Spanish/Español. Buoyant Force in Liquids "...shows a simple experiment concerning the buoyancy in a liquid: A solid body hanging from a spring balance is dipped into a liquid (by dragging the mouse!). In this case the measured force, which is equal to the difference of weight and buoyant force, is reduced...You can change (within certain limits) the preselected values of base area, height and densities by using the appropriate text fields..." Buoyant Force in Liquids Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Base Area of Body; Height of Body; Density of Body; Density of Liquid..." For more information see Physics Applets or Walter Fendt's Home Page

Marine Structures, Ship Design,
Ship Structural Analysis, Small Craft Design, etc.

Ship Structural Analysis & Ship Design Ship Structural Failure Cases Area of a Deck Small Craft, Kayaks, Canoes, etc. Design & Construction

Marine Structures, Ship Design, Ship Structural Analysis, Small Craft Design, etc. SHIP STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS & DESIGN COURSES, LECTURES, MANUALS, TEXTBOOKS, ETC. SHIP STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS & DESIGN CALCULATORS, SOFTWARE & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) NAVAL ARCHITECTURE COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ETC. MARINE TECHNOLOGY - Håvard Holm, Department of Marine Technology, Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Multimedia Marine Technology Lessons (Text, Images, Simulations, Calculators, Applets, etc.). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Marine Technology" Sections & Subsections include Marine hydrodynamics "...Viscous fluid; Seakeeping; Free surface waves; Lifting surfaces; Hydrostatics; Stationkeeping; etc..." Marine structures; Marine operations; etc. For more information see Marine Technology or the Department of Marine Technology Examples of "Marine Structures" Categories include Marine Structurel Components Examples of "Marine Structurel Components" Lessons include "...Truss and beam elements ; Shells; Platess; etc..." Marine Structures Applets Examples of "Marine Structures" Applets include "...Ship Girder Applet; Navier solution Applet; Plate Buckling Applet; etc..." PRINCIPLES OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE - Jun Zhang, Coastal & Ocean Engineering, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M University Multimedia Principles of Naval Architecture Course (Text & Images). Examples of "Principles of Naval Architecture" Course Chapters include "...Definitions & Regulations; Numerical Integration of Ship Forms; Floatation & Stability; Introduction of StabCad; Resistance of ships; Propulsion of ships; etc..." For more information see Courses; Jun Zhang's Home Page; Jun Zhang's Faculty Home Page; Zachry Department of Civil Engineering or the Dwight Look College of Engineering SHIP STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS & DESIGN - D.V. Burke, Department of Mechanical Engineering, & the MIT OpenCourseWare, MIT Multimedia Ship Structural Analysis & Design Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Ship Structural Analysis & Design Course "...is intended for first year graduate students and advanced undergraduates with an interest in design of ships or offshore structures. It requires a sufficient background in structural mechanics. Computer applications are utilized, with emphasis on the theory underlying the analysis. Hydrostatic loading, shear load and bending moment, and resulting primary hull primary stresses will be developed..." Examples of "Ship Structural Analysis & Design" Course Subject Categories include Shear and Bending; Characteristics of Thin Walled Sections; Design Approach and Failure Analysis; Plate Bending; Panel, Girder, Frame Bending Failure Analysis; Buckling and Ultimate Strength of Columns; Matrix, Grillage and FEM Analysis; etc. For more information see Ocean Science & Engineering; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering Courses or MIT OpenCourseWare DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR OCEAN VEHICLES - A.H. Techet, Department of Mechanical Engineering, & the MIT OpenCourseWare, MIT Multimedia Design Principles for Ocean Vehicles Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Design Principles for Ocean Vehicles Course "...will cover the basic techniques for evaluating the maximum forces and loads over the life of a marine structure or vehicle, so as to be able to design its basic configuration. Loads and motions of small and large structures and their short-term and long-term statistics will be studied in detail and..." Examples of "Design Principles for Ocean Vehicles" Course Lectures include "...Introduction to Linear Time Invariant Systems; Fourier Transforms; Random Variables; Random Processes; Wave spectrum; Spectra of Random Processes; Wave Spectra and Short/Long Term Statistics; Hydrodynamic wave forces on floating bodies; Froude Krylov Forces; Coupled Heave-Pitch; SeaKeeping Roll and Pitch; Morrison's Equation; Roll Damping; Vortex Induced Vibrations; etc..." For more information see Alexandra H. Techet's Home Page; Design Principles for Ocean Vehicles Home Page; Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory; Ocean Science & Engineering; Center for Ocean Engineering; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering Courses or MIT OpenCourseWare PLATES AND SHELLS - T. Wierzbick, Department of Mechanical Engineering, & the MIT OpenCourseWare, MIT Multimedia Plates and Shells Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Plates and Shells Course "...explores the following topics: derivation of elastic and plastic stress-strain relations for plate and shell elements; the bending and buckling of rectangular plates; nonlinear geometric effects; post-buckling and ultimate strength of cold formed sections and typical stiffened panels used in naval architecture; the general theory of elastic shells and axisymmetric shells; buckling..." Examples of "Plates and Shells" Course Parts & Chapters include Examples of "Part 1: Plates and Shells (PDF, 106 Pages)" Chapters include "...Strain-Displacement Relation for Plate; Derivation of Constitutive Equations for Plates; General Theories of Plate; Buckling of Cylindrical Shells; etc..." Examples of "Part II: Plastic Analysis of Plates and Shells (PDF, 20 Pages)" Chapters include "...Fundamentals; Yield Conditions in the Space of Generalized Stresses; Applications; etc..." For more information see Plates and Shells Course Home Page; Ocean Science & Engineering; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering Courses or MIT OpenCourseWare SHIP STRUCTURAL FAILURE CASES SHIP STRUCTURAL FAILURE CASES - Ship Structure Committee Multimedia Ship Structural Failure Cases (Text, Images & Drawings). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Ship Structural Failure Cases" include NEW CARISSA: Complete Hull Failure in a Stranded Bulk Carrier; Container Ship: Recurring Failure of Side Longitudinal Passing through a Web Frame; USS RADFORD: Collision at Sea of the US Navy Destroyer and Saudi Arabian Container Vessel For more information see Ship Structure Committee AREA OF A DECK CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS AREA OF A DECK (JAVA APPLET) - C.G. Crawford & M.D. Meyerson, Mathematics Department, United States Naval Academy (USNA) VERY EXTENSIVE. Area of a Deck "...We are interested in approximating the area of the deck by cutting the region into rectangles, adding those areas, and doubling..." Area of a Deck Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Sample Point Choice: Left Endpoints; Midpoints; etc.; Number of Subintervals..." For more information see Web Based Calculus Applications; Mathematics Department or the United States Naval Academy SMALL CRAFT, KAYAKS, CANOES, ETC. DESIGN LESSONS & CONSTRUCTION CALCULATORS & APPLETS FOR SAILBOAT DESIGN, LESSONS, CALCULATORS ETC. SEE SAILING WOOD STRIP CALCULATOR FOR KAYAK CONSTRUCTION - One Ocean Kayaks, Vaclav Stejskal, Watertown, Massachusetts Wood Strip Calculator "... Use this form to calculate the lengths of strips you need for your cedar strip project..." Wood Strip Calculator for Kayak Construction INPUT Values include: "...Surface Area to be Covered by Strips; Strip Width; Waste Percentage; Length of Strips; Saw Blade Width (Kerf); Plank Width you plan to Rip; etc..." For more information see One Ocean Kayaks BUILDING A CEDAR STRIP CANOE - C. Glad Multimedia Building a Cedar Strip Canoe Lessons (Text & Images). VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Building a Cedar Strip Canoe" Lessons include "...Setup and Mill Strips; Bending Stems; Mold Setup; Around the Bilge; Fairing the Hull; Glassing Outside & Inside; Gunwales and Deck; Final Construction; etc..." For more information see Chris Glad's Home Page GREENLAND STYLE SKIN AND FRAME KAYAK - C. Glad Multimedia Greeland Style Skin and Frame Kayak (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Chris Glad's Home Page Examples of "Greeland Style Skin and Frame Kayak" Lessons include Gunwales and Ribs; Deck and Cockpit; Skinning the Hull; Sealing the Hull; etc..." For more information see Chris Glad's Home Page

Ocean Engineering OCEAN ENGINEERING COURSES, LECTURES, MANUALS, ETC. INTRODUCTION TO OCEAN ENGINEERING - Jun Zhang, Coastal & Ocean Engineering, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M University Multimedia Introduction to Ocean Engineering Course (Text & Images). Examples of "Introduction to Ocean Engineering" Course Chapters include "...The Ocean Environment; Offshore Structures; Coastal Process & Structures; Basics of Naval Architecture; Buoys and Mooring; Underwater Systems; Underwater Acoustics; Measurements & Instruments; etc..." For more information see Courses; Jun Zhang's Home Page; Jun Zhang's Faculty Home Page; Zachry Department of Civil Engineering or the Dwight Look College of Engineering Hydrodynamics MARINE HYDRODYNAMICS RELATED CENTERS FOR RELATED MARINE HYDRODYNAMICS FLUID MECHANICS & CFD LECTURES, COURSES, VIDEOS, ETC. SEE FLUID MECHANICS - CFD MARINE HYDRODYNAMICS COURSES & LECTURES: VIDEOS/MOVIES & AUDIO/SOUND MARINE HYDRODYNAMICS (REAL PLAYER) - 2.20 Marine Hydrodynamics, D.K.P. Yue, Center for Ocean Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, MIT Multimedia Marine Hydrodynamics Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Marine Hydrodynamics Course "...The fundamentals of fluid mechanics are developed in the context of naval architecture and ocean science and engineering. Transport theorem and conservation principles. Navier-Stokes' equation. Dimensional analysis. Ideal and potential flows. Vorticity and Kelvin's theorem. Hydrodynamic forces..." Examples from over "24" "Marine Hydrodynamics" Course Lectures include "...Basic Concepts; Navier-Stokes Equation; Similarity Parameters from Governing Equations; Vortex Structures, Bernoulli Equation; Vorticity Equation; Lifting Surfaces; Vortex Induced Vibrations; Turbulent Flow; Turbulent Boundary Layers and Model Testing; Water Waves; Real Fluid; Turbulent Flow; Wave Energy and Wave Force on a Body; etc..." Includes over "25" Illustrated Experiments in Fluid Mechanics Videos from the "National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films (NCFMF) Book of Film Notes" including: "...Fundamentals Boundary Layers Video; Cavitation Video; Channel Flow of a Compression Fluid Video; Deformation of Continuous Media Video; Eulerian Lagrangian Description Video; Flow Instabilities Video; Flow Visualization Video; Fluid Dynamics of Drag Part I, II, III, IV Video; Fluid Quantity and Flow Video; Low Reynolds Number Flow Video; Magnetohydrodynamics Video; Pressure Fields and Fluid Acceleration Video; etc..." For more information see National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films (NCFMF); 2.20 Marine Hydrodynamics; MIT Towing Tank; Center for Ocean Engineering; Department of Mechanical Engineering or the School of Engineering FLUID MECHANICS: FLOW VISUALIZATION AND SIMULATIONS (QUICKTIME) - Videos/Movies Author: H. Rouse; Produced by the Iowa Institute of Hyraulic Research; Hosted by the Fluids Laboratory, IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Iowa Multimedia Fluid Mechanics Course: Flow Visualization & Simulations (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Fluid Mechanics Topics & Processes Course Video Lectures include: "...Introduction to the Study of Fluid Motion Video Lecture (Fluid Flows in Nature); Introduction to the Study of Fluid Motion Video Lecture (Fluid Mechanics Terminology); Introduction to the Study of Fluid Motion Video Lecture (Experimental Fluid Dynamics); Fundamental Principles of Flows Video Lecture (Basic Concepts and Physical Relationships of Fluid Motion); Hunter Rouse - Fundamental Principles of Flows Video Lecture (Flow Dynamics); Fluid Motion in a Gravitational Field Video Lecture (Gravitational Waves); etc..." Examples of Fluid Mechanics Concepts Course Video Lectures include: "...Characteristics of the Laminar and Turbulent Flows Video Lecture (Air Jet Flows); Characteristics of the Laminar and Turbulent Flows Video Lecture (Boundary Layer Flows); Fundamental Principles of Flows Video Lecture (Cavitation); Effects of Fluid Compressibility (Elastic Waves); Characteristics of the Laminar and Turbulent Flows Video Lecture (Flow around an Airfoil); Fundamental Principles of Flows Video Lecture (Flow Separation); Fluid Motion in a Gravitational Field Video Lecture (Flow over Weirs); Fluid Motion in a Gravitational Field & Effects of Fluid Compressibility Video Lecture (Gravitational Waves); Fluid Motion in a Gravitational Field Video Lecture (Hydraulic Jump); Fundamental Principles of Flows Video Lecture (Propulsion); etc..." For more information see the Fluids Laboratory; IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering or the College of Engineering

NAVAL HYDRODYNAMICS TEXTBOOKS TWENTY-THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON NAVAL HYDRODYNAMICS (2001) - Authors: Office of Naval Research, Bassin d'Essais des Carenes & the National Research Council; Published Online by the National Academy of Sciences Multimedia Twenty-Third Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics Textbook (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "60" "Naval Hydrodynamics" Textbook Chapters include Forces, Moment and Wave Pattern for Naval Combatant in Regular Head Waves; New Green-Function Method to Predict Wave-Induced Ship Motions and Loads; Ship Motions and Loads in Large Waves; Prediction of Vertical-Plane Wave Loading and Ship Responses in High Seas; Basic Studies of Water on Deck; Second Order Waves Generated by Ship Motions; Prediction of Nonlinear Motions of High-Speed Vessels in Oblique Waves; Optimizing Turbulence Generation for Controlling Pressure Recovery in Submarine Launchways; Hull Design by CAD/CFD Simulation; Steady-State Hydrodynamics of High-Speed Vessels with a Transom Stern; Practical CFD Applications to Design of a Wave Cancellation Multihull Ship; Simulation of Ship Maneuvers Using Recursive Neural Networks; Marine Propulsor Noise Investigations in the Hydroacoustic Water Tunnel; Propulsor Design Using Clebsch Formulation; Pressure Fluctuation on Finite Flat Plate Above Wing in Sinusoidal Gust; Submarine Maneuverability Assessment Using Computational Fluid Dynamic Tools; Ship Stern Flow Calculations on Overlapping Composite Grids; etc. For more information see Naval Hydrodynamics; National Academy of Sciences Press Home Page or the National Academy of Sciences

Hydrophone HYDROPHONE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS HYDROPHONE ELECTRICAL LOADING CALCULATORS & APPLETS HYDROPHONE ELECTRICAL LOADING CORRECTIONS: CAPACITANCE & HYDROPHONE ELECTRICAL LOADING CALCULATOR - National Physical Laboratory (NPL), U.K. Hydrophone Electrical Loading "...The sensitivity of a hydrophone is often specified as the end-of-cable open-circuit sensitivity. This is the sensitivity of the hydrophone at the end of its cable when not connected to an electrical load...." Hydrophone Electrical Loading Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Frequency; Hydrophone Impedance; Electrical Load; Correction..." For more information see Acoustics Technical Guides; Acoustics; Science & Technology or the National Physical Laboratory PHYSICS AND TESTING OF HYDROPHONES LECTURES THE PHYSICS AND TESTING OF HYDROPHONES - Michael J. Moloney, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Multimedia Physics and Testing of Hydrophones Lecture (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "The Physics and Testing of Hydrophones" Subject Categories include "...Properties of Piezoelectric Materials; Cylindrical Piezoelectric Transducers; Hydrophones made from Piezoelectric Transducers; Use of hydrophones on a Submarine; Testing of Hydrophones..." For more information see Recent Talks, Papers, Workshops, etc.; Michael J. Moloney's Home Page or the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Line & Rope: Knots, Rigging, Splicing, etc. LINE COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC. ROPE COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC. FIBRE COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC. DEEP ROPE MANUAL: THE DIGITAL VERSION - Bexco nv-sa, Belgium; Hosted by: Director: S.A. Miedema, Offshore Moorings - Offshore & Dredging Engineering Group, Marine and Transport Technology, Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands Multimedia Deep Rope Manual: The Digital Version - PDF, 46 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Deep Rope Manual Chapters include "...Fiber Properties; Rope Constructions; Application of Synthetics in Deepwater Moorings; etc..." For more information see Offshore Moorings Manuals & Lectures; Offshore Moorings - Offshore & Dredging Engineering Group; Sape A. Miedema's Home Page; Marine and Transport Technology; Departments; Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering or the Delft University of Technology ROPE APPLICATIONS: MOORING LINES - Bexco nv-sa, Belgium Multimedia Rope Applications: Mooring (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. Rope Applications: Mooring Lines for the following types of Vessels "...Tankers; Containerships and Ferries; Cruise Ships; Navy and Inland Shipping; Deep Water; etc..." For more information see BEXCO LINE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS ROPE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS CORDAGE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FIBRE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS STEEL WIRE ROPE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS ROPE (FIBRE ROPES & STEEL WIRE ROPES) SELECTION CALCULATOR - TTI Ltd. VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Rope Selection Calculator is "...based on the input of desired strength, fibre and construction, the calculator returns the theoretical weight,..." Rope Selection Calculator INPUT Values include: Strength; Construction "...Braid; Wire Rope; Parallel Strand; Parallel Yarn..." Fibre "...Aramid SM; Aramid HM; HMPE; LCP; Nylon; Polyester..." etc. For more information see Tools & Guides or Tension Technology International KNOT LESSONS, CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS KNOTS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & LESSONS KNOTTING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & LESSONS ANIMATED KNOTS: BOATING - A.W. Grogono (Retired), Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Multimedia Animated Knots & Lessons (Text, Images & Simulations). Animated Knots "...These animated knots were created for boat owner and crew..." Examples of "Animated Knots" with Lessons include "...Bowline Knot; Cleat Hitch Knot; Sheet Bend Knot; Constrictor Knot; Anchor Bend Knot; Eye Splice Knot; Buntline Hitch Knot; Carrick Bend Knot; Clove Hitch Knot; etc..." For more information see Animated Knots by Grog or Alan W. Grogono's Home Page FOLSONS KNOTTING PAGE - A.L. Folsom, Jr. VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Multimedia Animated Knots & Lessons (Text, Images & Simulations). Examples of "Folsons Knotting Page" Lessons & Simulations include Basic Knots "...Square (or Reef) Knot; Sheet Bend; Bowline; Clove Hitch; etc..." Fifty Knots "...Alpine Butterfly (Linesman's Loop); Bowline on a Bight; Cleat Hitch; Manharness Knot; Midshipman's Hitch; Portuguese Bowline; etc..." For more information see Alan L. Folsom, Jr.'s Home Page KNOTTING DICTIONARY - The Knotting Dictionary of Kännet, Sweden VERY EXTENSIVE. Multimedia Knots Lessons (Text & Images). Examples of "Knotting" Lessons include "...Reefknot; Water Knot; Sheetbend Knot; Bowline Knot; Clove Hitch; Sheepshank Knot; Round Hitch; Buntline Hitch; etc..." For more information see The Knotting Dictionary of Kännet KNOT APPLET - M. Stevens VERY EXTENSIVE. Multimedia Knot Lessons (Text & Images). Examples of "Knotting Applet" Lessons include "...Overhand Knot; Figure 8 Knot; Square Knot; Bowline Knot; Sheet Bend; Granny Knot; Elizabeth's Knot; etc..." For more information see Mac Stevens Home Page SPLICING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS SPLICING GUIDES - New England Ropes, Fall River, MA Multimedia Splicing Guides & Splicing Instructional Videos (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Ropes - Lines "...One of the building blocks of any line, regardless of ultimate use, is fiber. We feel that it is important for you, as the end-user expecting certain performance, to have a basic understanding of the characteristics of the various fibers used in the manufacture of rope today..." Examples of "Splicing Guides" Categories 12-Strand "...12-Strand Single Braid Eye Splice; 12-Strand Single Braid Eye Splice; etc...." 3-Strand "...3-Strand Eye Splice; 3-Strand Tapered Eye Splice; etc..." Double Brain "...Double Braid Eye Splice; Double Braid Back Splice; etc..." etc. For more information see New England Ropes

Marine Diving Technology MARINE DIVING TECHNOLOGY RELATED CENTERS FOR SCUBA DIVING COURSES, LESSONS, CALCULATORS, APPLETS, DATABASES, ETC. SEE SCUBA DIVING FOR WELDING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, DATABASES, COURSES, LECTURES, ETC. SEE WELDING MARINE DIVING UNITED STATES NAVAL DIVING MANUAL: REV. 6 WITH CHANGE A (PDF) - Office of the Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, Naval Sea Systems Command, USN Multimedia U.S. Navy Diving Manual - PDF, 992 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Click ON "US Navy Diving Manual Rev. 6 with Change A" - A Secure Site Examples of "U.S. Naval Diving Manual Rev. 6 with Change A" Volumes & Chapters include Diving Principles & Policies "...Underwater Physics; Underwater Physiology and Diving Disorders; Dive Systems; etc..." Air Diving Operations "...Scuba Air Diving Operations; Surface Supplied Air Diving Operations; Air Decompression; Nitrogen Oxygen Diving Operations; Ice and Cold Water Diving Operations; etc..." Mixed Gas Surface Supplied Diving Operations "...Mixed Gas Diving Theory; Mixed Gas Operational Planning; Surface Supplied Mixed Gas Diving Procedures; Saturation Diving; Breathing Gas Mixing Procedures..." Closed-Circuit and Semiclosed Circuit Diving Operations "...Closed Circuit Mixed-Gas UBA Diving; MK 16 MOD 1 Closed Circuit Mixed-Gas; Closed Circuit Oxygen UBA Diving..." Diving Medicine and Recompression Chamber Operations "...Diagnosis and Treatment of Decompression Sickness and Arterial Gas Embolism; Recompression Chamber Operation; Neurological Examination; First Aid; Dangerous Marine Animals..." For more information see the SEA OOC3 Diving Publications & Technical Documentation or the Office of the Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving DIVING PUBLICATIONS & TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION - Office of the Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, Naval Sea Systems Command, USN Multimedia Diving Publications & Technical Documentation (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Diving Manuals" include "...Oxygen Regulating Console Assembly (ORCA II); U.S. Navy General Specification for the Design, Construction, and Repair of Diving and Hyperbaric Equipment; Standard Navy Double-Recompression Chamber System Operations and Maintenance Manual; Guidance for Diving in Contaminated Waters; MK-6 Transportable Recompression Chamber System (TRCS); etc..." For more information see the Office of the Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving

Marine Navigation, Ocean Navigation, Sea Navigation MARINE NAVIGATION RELATED CENTERS FOR MORE NAVIGATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS SEE NAVIGATION FOR NAVIGATION BY THE STARS IN REAL-TIME SEE ASTROPHYSICS: SKY CHARTS IN REAL TIME MARINE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS MARINE NAVIGATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS MARINE NAVIGATION CALCULATORS - Maritime Safety Information, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Maritime Safety Information or the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Some examples from over "40" Navigation Calculators include Celestial Navigation Calculators Examples of "Celestial Navigation Calculators" include "...Compass Error from Amplitudes Observed on the Visible Horizon Calculator; Altitude Correction for Air Temperature Calculator; Table of Offsets Calculator; Latitude and Longitude Factors Calculator; Altitude Correction for Atmospheric Pressure Calculator; Altitude Factors & Change of Altitude Calculator; Compass Error from Amplitudes Observed on the Celestial Horizon Calculator; Meridian Angle and Altitude of a Body on the Prime Vertical Circle; etc..." Distance Calculators Examples of "Distance Calculators" include: "...Length of a Degree of Latitude and Longitude Calculator; Speed for Measured Mile and Speed, Time, and Distance Calculator; Distance of an Object by Two Bearings Calculator; Distance of the Horizon Calculator; Traverse Table Calculator; Geographic Range Calculator; Distance by Vertical Angle Measured Between Waterline at Object and Top of Object Calculator; Dip of Sea Short of the Horizon Calculator; Meridional Parts; etc..." MARINER MATH: NAVIGATION MATH FOR MARINERS - Dan Ritchie VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Navigation Calculators provide "...automated solutions to some common navigation problems that mariners deal with when cruising and in pre-cruise planning. Solving these problems normally requires the use of a calculator, maneuvering board, parallel rules, drafting compass,..." Examples of Navigation Calculator Subject Categories & Calculators include Convert Bearings Calculators "...Convert Relative Bearing to True or Magnetic Calculator; True-Magnetic-Compass Calculator..." Fuel Planning Calculator; Current Sailing Calculators "...Solve for SOA and Track Calculator; Solve for Drift and Set Calculator; Solve for STW and Course Calculator; etc..." Vertical Clearance Calculators "...Bridge Clearance Calculator - Overhead Clearance Calculator; Depth Calculator; Scope and Rode Calculator..." Radar Solution Calculator; etc, PORTS DISTANCE & VOYAGE TIME CALCULATOR DATALOY DISTANCE TABLE: PORTS DISTANCE & VOYAGE TIME CALCULATOR - Datalay VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Dataloy Distance Table: Ports Distance & Voyage Time Calculator includes "...5300 Ports/Maritime Locations; 23000 Waypoints; 150000 Logical Relations Between Waypoints; 11000 Geographical References including: Capes, Lighthouses, Reefs, Islands, etc..."

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC REAL-TIME SYSTEMS FOR PORTS PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC REAL-TIME SYSTEMS - Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Ocean Service, NOAA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. The Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System "...is a decision support tool that improves the safety and efficiency of maritime commerce and coastal resource management through the integration of real-time environmental observations, forecasts and other geospatial information. PORTS measures and disseminates observations and predictions of water levels, currents, salinity, and meteorological parameters (e.g., winds, atmospheric pressure, air and water temperatures) that mariners need to navigate safely..." "...Measures and disseminates observations and predictions of Water Levels, Currents, Salinity, and Meteorological Parameters (Winds, Atmospheric Pressure, Air and Water Temperatures) that mariners need to navigate safely..." For more information see Products; Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services or the NOAA'S National Ocean Service Examples include Chesapeake Bay North Chesapeake Bay includes Northern Chesapeake Bay "...Annapolis; Baltimore; Chesapeake Bay Bridge; Potomac River Mid-channel; Solomons Island; Washington DC; etc..." Delaware River and Bay Delaware River and Bay includes "...Brown Shoal; Cape May; Delaware City; Philadelphia; etc..." Houston/Galveston Houston & Galveston include: "...Morgans Point; Eagle Point; Pier 21; etc..." Los Angeles & Long Beach Los Angeles & Long Beach include "...Angels Gate; Berth 161; Los Angeles-Berth 60; Pier 400; etc..." New York & New Jersey Harbor Ports New York & New Jersey include "...Bayonne Bridge; Bergen Point; Kings Point; etc..." Port of Anchorage Port of Anchorage includes "...Anchorage & Nikiski..." San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay includes "...Alameda; Benicia Bridge; Oakland; Redwood City; Richmond; etc..." Soo Locks Soo Locks include "...Detour Village; Little Rapids; Lookout 4; Point Iroquois; Rock Cut; SouthWest Pier/Upper; etc..." Marine Power and Marine Propulsion MARINE POWER AND MARINE PROPULSION COURSES, LECTURES, MANUALS, ETC. MARINE POWER AND PROPULSION - R.S. Mccord, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, MIT Multimedia Marine Power and Propulsion (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Marine Power and Propulsion" Subject Categories & Lectures include Air Independent Propulsion "...AIP Stirling; Fuel Cellhandbook; etc..." Diesels "...Advance Diesel Technology; Submarine Diesel; etc.." Emissions; Gas Turbines; Reduction Gear Transmission; Resistance and Propulsion "...Hybrid Propulsion; Water Jet; etc..." Nuclear Power; Marine Electrical Systems; etc. For more information see Marine Power and Propulsion Home Page; Mechanical Engineering (Course 2) or the Department of Mechanical Engineering NUCLEAR MARINE PROPULSION LECTURE - M. Ragheb, Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Multimedia Nuclear Marine Propulsion Lecture (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Nuclear Marine Propulsion Lecture" sections include "...Section 2: Nuclear Naval Vessels; Section 3: Naval Reactor Development; Section 5: Marine and Naval Reactor Designs; Section 8: Reactor Dead Time; Section 9: Nuclear Navies; Section 10: Seawolf Class Submarines; Section 14: Future Submarine Force: Virginia Class; Section 16: Nuclear Ice Breakers; etc..." For more information see Ragheb's Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering Courses, Publications, etc.; Magdi Ragheb's Faculty Home Page or the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering Navy Carriers, Surface Ships, Nuclear Submarines, etc. NAVY CARRIERS, SURFACE SHIPS, SUBMARINES, WEAPON SYSTEMS, ETC. U.S. NAVY INFORMATION INDEX - U.S. Navy Multimedia U.S. Navy Information Index (Text & Images). Click on FACT FILE Sheets for Carriers, Surface Ships, Submarines, etc. For more information see U.S. Navy WEAPONS SYSTEMS - GlobalSecurity.org Multimedia Weapons Systems (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Weapon Systems" Subject Categories & Subcategories include U.S. Warships "...Aircraft Carriers; Cruisers; Destroyers; Frigates; Cutters; Submarines; Submarine Tenders; Mine Warfare; Amphibous Assault Ships; etc..." Shipboard Combat Systems "...Guns; Missiles; Mines; Torpedoes; Radar; Sonar; etc..." U.S. Military Aircraft "...Attack Aircraft; Fighter Aircraft; Rotary Aircraft; Cargo Aircraft; etc..." Munitions; etc. For more information see GlobalSecurity Ocean Acoustics OCEAN ACOUSTICS & UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS COURSES, LECTURES, ETC. COMPUTATIONAL OCEAN ACOUSTICS - H. Schmidt, Ocean Acoustics Group, Ocean Science & Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, & the MIT OpenCourseWare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Multimedia Computational Ocean Acoustics Course (Text & Images). Computational Ocean Acoustics "...examines wave equations for fluid and visco-elastic media, wave-theory formulations of acoustic source radiation and seismo-acoustic propagation in stratified ocean waveguides, and Wavenumber Integration and..." Examples of "Computational Ocean Acoustics" Course Lectures include The Acoustic Wave Equation, Integral Transforms, The Helmholtz Equation; Reflection and Transmission, Integral Transform Solution, Source in Half-spaces; Ideal Waveguides, The Pekeris Waveguide; Wavenumber Integration: Numerical Methods Used in Wavenumber Integration; Normal Modes: Range-dependent Environment, Coupled Modes; Parabolic Equation: Derivation of Parabolic Equations; etc. For more information see Computational Ocean Acoustics Course Alternative Page; Henrik Schmidt's Home Page; Ocean Science & Engineering; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering Courses or MIT OpenCourseWare UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS AND SOME ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR UNITS OF MEASUREMENT - National Physical Laboratory (NPL), U.K. Multimedia Underwater Acoustics and some Issues Associated with their Units of Measurement Lessons (Text, Images & Animations). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Acoustics Technical Guides; Acoustics; Science & Technology or the National Physical Laboratory

Oceanography & Marine Geochemistry

Oceanography Dictionaries & Glossaries Oceanography, Marine Geochemistry, Courses, Textbooks, Lectures, etc. Undergraduate Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. Introduction to Oceanography ~ Introduction to Physical Oceanography Chemical Oceanography & Marine Chemistry Geochemistry of Marine Sediments & Marine Organic Geochemistry Satellite Oceanography Graduate Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. Chemical Oceanography Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks ~ Physical Oceanography ~ Hydrothermal Vent Geochemistry Isotope Geochemistry ~ Sea Level Measurement & Interpretation Oceanography Tools & Calculators Oceanography; Marine Geoscience, Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry; Bathymetry; Topography; Sea Level; Vents; etc. Databases, Atlases, Models, etc. Bedform Sedimentology, Marine Sedimentary Processes & Sediment Transport Coastal Inlets ~ Dredging Surface Waves ~ Ocean Waves, Ocean Wave Theory Coastal Engineering ~ Marine Biology

Oceanography & Marine Geochemistry OCEANOGRAPHY DICTIONARIES & GLOSSARIES Physical Oceanography Glossaries & Dictionaries OCEANOGRAPHY GLOSSARY - Marine Conservation Society (UK) SouthEast Multimedia Oceanography Glossary (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Marine Conservation Society (UK) SouthEast GLOSSARY OF UNDERWATER SOUND - RESON, Denmark Multimedia Underwater Sound Glossary (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Self-help; Support or RESON OCEANOGRAPHY, MARINE GEOCHEMISTRY, ETC. COURSES, LECTURES, TEXTBOOKS, ETC. Undergraduate: Introduction to Oceanography Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY - R.H. Stewart (Emeritus), Physical Oceanography, Department of Oceanography, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University Multimedia Oceanography Course (Text, Images, Simulations, Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Introduction to Oceanography" Course Chapters include Role of the Ocean in Climate and Climate Change; El Nino and the Role of the Ocean in Weather; Coastal Problems; Coastal Pollution; etc. For more information see Interdisciplinary Oceanography Textbook; Interdisciplinary Oceanography (OCNG 401) Ocean World; Bob Stewart's Home Page or the Department of Oceanography Undergraduate: Physical Oceanography Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY - L.D. Talley & M.C. Hendershott, Physical Oceanography Research Division, Ocean and Atmosphere Section, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego (UCSD) Multimedia Introduction to Physical Oceanography Course (Text, Images & Animations). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "25" "Introduction to Physical Oceanography" Course Lectures include "...Physical Properties of Seawater; Typical Distributions/Ocean Structure; Dynamics (Momentum, Rotation & Geostrophy); Waves; Tsunamis; Tides; Internal Waves; Atmospheric Circulation/Surface Forcing; Pacific Ocean Subtropical Circulation; Indian Ocean (Monsoons, Subtropical, Overturning); Southern Ocean; etc..." For more information see Academics; Lynne D. Talley's Home Page; Physical Ocean Research Division; Ocean and Atmosphere Section or Scripps Institution of Oceanography INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY - R.H. Stewart (Emeritus), Physical Oceanography, Department of Oceanography, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University Multimedia Physical Oceanography Textbook (Text, Images & Animations). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Physical Oceanography "...The ocean is one part of the earth system. It mediates processes in the atmosphere by the transfers of mass, momentum, and energy through the sea surface. It receives water and dissolved substances from the land. And, it lays down sediments that eventually become rocks on land..." Examples of "Introduction to Physical Oceanography" Textbook Chapters include The Physical Setting; Atmospheric Influences; The Oceanic Heat Budget; Temperature, Salinity, and Density; Equations of Motion With Viscosity; Response of the Upper Ocean to Winds; Deep Circulation in the Ocean; etc..." For more information see Ocean World; Bob Stewart's Home Page or the Department of Oceanography AN INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY - M. Tomczak (Emeritus Professor), School of the Environment, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia Multimedia Physical Oceanography Course (Text, Images, Simulations & Calculators). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Physical Oceanography "...Physical oceanography occupies a unique place amongst all science disciplines because it has strong interactions with a large number of other sciences of very different characteristics..." Examples of "An Introduction to Physical Oceanography" Course Lectures include Properties of Weawater, the Concept of Salinity; The Global Oceanic Heat and Mass (freshwater) budgets; Depth Distribution of Temperature, Salinity and Mutrients; Aspects of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; Thermohaline Processes, Water Masses; Wave Classification, Dispersion, Wind Waves; Long waves: Tsunamis, Seiches, Internal Waves; etc. For more information see Matthias Tomczak's Website or the School of the Environment Examples of "An Introduction to Physical Oceanography" Course Lectures include Lecture 1: The place of physical oceanography in science Lecture 5: Distribution of temperature and salinity with depth Lecture 9: Wave classification, dispersion, wind waves Undergraduate: Chemical Oceanography & Marine Chemistry Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (OCEANOGRAPHY 400) - J.W. Murray, Chemical Oceanography, School of Oceanography, College of the Environment, University of Washington Multimedia Chemical Oceanography Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "18" "Chemical Oceanography" Course Lectures include "...Major Ions of Seawater; Stable Isotopes; Radioactive Isotopes and Decay; Gases and Gas Exchange; Ocean Carbonate Chemistry: Reactions; Principles of Mass Balance - Box Models; Primary Production - Nutrient Stoichiometry; Redox reactions; Respiration; Ocean Nitrogen Cycle; etc..." For more information see Oceanography 400 Home Page; James W. Murray's Lab Home Page; James W. Murray's Faculty Home Page or the School of Oceanography MARINE CHEMISTRY - Adina Paytan, Paytan Biogeochemistry Lab, Institute of Marine Science, University of California, Santa Cruz & Hosted by: Ocean Biogeochemistry Lab, Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University Multimedia Marine Chemistry Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "16" "Marine Chemistry" Course Lectures include "...Properties of Water and Seawater; Temperature; Salinity; Density; General Ocean Circulation; Major Elements in the Ocean; Trace Elements in the Ocean; Marine Chemical Mass Balance (Box and Transport Reaction Models); The Biological Pump; Particle Flux; Remineralization Acid-Base Reactions; Carbonate Chemistry; Marine Sediments; Marine Sediments & Stable Isotopes; etc..." For more information see Paytan Biogeochemistry Lab (Payton Chemical Oceanography Lab); Biological Oceanography/Marine Chemistry Course Home Page; Ocean Biogeochemistry Lab or the Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences Undergraduate: Geochemistry of Marine Sediments & Marine Organic Geochemistry Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. GEOCHEMISTRY OF MARINE SEDIMENTS - D.C. McCorkle & W.R. Martin, Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Multimedia Geochemistry of Marine Sediments Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Geochemistry of Marine Sediments" Course Lectures include "...Sampling; Solute Transport; Particle Accumulation Rates; Organc Matter Decomposition; Oxic Decomposition; Denitrification and the Sedimentary Nitrogen Cycle; Carbonate Chemistry; Metabolic Calcite Dissolution; Permeable Sediments; etc..." For more information see Geochemistry of Marine Sediments; Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Course Notes; Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry or the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution MARINE ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY - D.J. Repeta & T.I. Eglinton, Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Multimedia Marine Organic Geochemistry Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Marine Organic Geochemistry" Course Lectures include "...Organic Geochemistry Methods - Chromatography; Organic Geochemistry Methods - Mass Spectrometry; Composition of DOC; Microbial BGC and DOC; Terrestrial OM in the Oceans Carbon Preservation in Sediment; Radiocarbon in Organic Materials; etc..." For more information see Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Course Notes; Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry or the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Undergraduate: Satellite Oceanography Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. THE BASICS OF SATELLITE OCEANOGRAPHY - N.P. Nezlin, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Division of Life Sciences, College of Letters and Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Multimedia Basics of Satellite Oceanography Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "The Basics of Satellite Oceanography" Course Lectures include "...The Basic Concepts of Oceanography; Satellites and Sensors; Remote Sensing of the Sea; Oceanographic Applications: Infrared Measurement of Sea Surface Temperature; Oceanographic Applications: Radar-altimeters; Oceanographic Applications: Ocean Color; Ocean Color and Phytoplankton Growth; Mesoscale Variability and Coastal Pollution; etc..." For more information see the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate: Chemical Oceanography CHEMICAL OCENAOGRAPHY (REAL PLAYER & FLASH) - D.K. Ryan & M. Altabet (Dartmouth University), Department of Chemistry & the Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, College of Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts Multimedia Graduate Chemical Oceanography Course (Text, Images, PowerPoint, PDF, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "25" Graduate "Chemical Oceanography" Course Video Lectures include "...Physicochemical Properties Video Lectures; Equilibrium Concepts Video Lectures; Atmospheric Chemistry Video Lecture; Dissolved Gases Video Lecture; Carbonate System Video Lectures; Global CO2 Cycle Video Lectures; Organic Matter Production & Export Video Lectures; Geochemical Cycles Video Lectures; Metal Geochemistry Video Lectures; Stable Isotopes as Tracers Video Lecture; Radioisotopes as Tracers Video Lecture; CO2 Sequestration Video Lecture; etc..." For more information see Chemical Oceanography; Courses; David Ryan's Home Page or the Department of Chemistry Graduate: Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. GEOKEM: GEOCHEMISTRY OF IGNEOUS ROCKS - B.M. Gunn, Mew Zealand Multimedia Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks Lectures, Technical Reports, Databases, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks (GEOKEM)" Subject Categories & Lectures include "...Oceanic Ridge Basalts (ORBs); Oceanic Island Basalts (OIBs) & Alkaline Series; Continental Flood Basalts; Orogenic Andesites; Rare Earth Elements; Sodic and Potassic Granites; Lamprophyres; Rhyolites Trachytes and Phonolites; Archaean MetaBasalts, and MetaAndesites; Extraterrestrial geochemistry; etc..." Graduate: Physical Oceanography Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (OCNG 608) (QUICKTIME) - R.H. Stewart (Emeritus), Physical Oceanography, Department of Oceanography, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University Multimedia Graduate Physical Oceanography Course (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Graduate Physical Oceanography" Course Lectures include "... The Physical Setting and Atmospheric Influences; Oceanic Heat Budgets I & II; Oceanic Heat and Fresh Water Budgets; Measurement of Temperature, Salinity, and Density; Stability in the Ocean; Geostrophic Currents and Satellite Altimetry; Surface Geostrophic Currents; Deep Circulation of the Ocean; etc..." For more information see Ocean World; Bob Stewart's Home Page or the Department of Oceanography Graduate: Hydrothermal Venting Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. HYDROTHERMAL VENTING - VENTS Program, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA Multimedia Hydrothermal Venting Lectures, Databases, Technical Publications, etc. (Text, Images, Animations, ). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Hydrothermal Venting" Subject Categories include "...Fluids - Vent Fluid Chemistry; Gases - Gas Chemistry - Helium Isotope Laboratory; Hydrothermal Plume Studies; Hydrothermal Vent Particle Chemistry; Modeling Effects of Hydrothermal Plumes; etc..." For more information see VENTS Home Page; PMEL Research or the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA Graduate: Isotope Geochemistry Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY - W.M. White, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University Multimedia Isotope Geochemistry Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Isotope Geochemistry" Course Lectures include Geochronology "...Geochronology; Isotope Cosmochemistry; Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry of the Mantle; Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry of the Crust; Stable Isotopes II High Temperature Applications; Stable Isotope Geochemistry III Low Temperature Applications; Unconventional Stable Isotope Approaches and Systems; etc..." For more information see Isotope Geochemistry (EAS 656) Home Page; William M. White's Home Page or the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Graduate: Sea Level Measurement & Interpretation Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. IOC MANUAL ON SEA LEVEL MEASUREMENT AND INTERPRETATION - Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, U.K. Multimedia Sea Level Measurement & Interpretation Manual - PDF (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "IOC Manual on Sea Level Measurement & Interpretation" Subject Categories include "...Basic Procedures; Emerging Technologies; Reappraisals and Recommendations as of the year 2000; List of tide gauge manufacturers; Glossary of terms used in tidal measurements and analysis; Frequently used abbreviations and acronyms; etc..." For more information see Sea Level Training; Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level or the National Oceanography Centre (NOC)

OCEANOGRAPY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS OCEAN CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS Basic Oceanography Calculators & Applets A SEA WATER EQUATION OF STATE CALCULATOR - R. Chapman, Ocean Remote Sensing Group, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Sea Water Equation of State Calculator "...will allow you to compute the UNESCO International Equation of State (IES 80) as described in Fofonoff..." Sea Water Equation of State Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Depth; Pressure; Temperature; Conductivity; Salinity; Density..." For more information see Ocean Remote Sensing Group OCEANOGRAPHIC UTILITIES - M. Tomczak (Emeritus Professor), School of the Environment, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Oceanographic Calculators & Graphing Applets include: Density from Temperature, Salinity and Pressure Calculator; Sound speed from Temperature, Salinity and Pressure Calculator; Potential Temperature from In-situ Temperature and Pressure Calculator; Freezing Point of Seawater Calculator; Salinity from Conductivity Ratio Calculator; Salinity from Conductivity, Temperature and Pressure Calculator; Coriolis Frequency Calculator; Distance between Two Positions Calculator; Potential Temperature, Potential Density and Brunt-Väisälä Frequency Calculator with Graphs; Geostrophic Current and Volume Transport Calculator with Graphs; Ocean Currents Calculator with Graphs; Wind and Calculating Wind Stress Data Calculator with Graphs; Co-oscillation Tides and Seiches in Narrow Gulfs and Basins Calculator with Graphs; Designing a Station Plan for an Oceanographic Research Voyage Calculator with Graphs; For more information see An Introduction to Physical Oceanography; Matthias Tomczak's Website or the School of the Environment Some examples from over "15" Oceanographic Calculators & Graphing Applets include Sound Speed Calculator Sound Speed Calculator "...solves the Equation of State of Seawater..." Freezing Point Calculator Freezing Point Calculator "...determines the freezing point of seawater..." Graphing Utility for Geostrophic Currents Graphing Utility for Geostrophic Currents "...calculates and plots the geostrophic current and volume transport between two hydrographic (CTD) stations, relative to the deepest observation..." Graphing Utility for Ocean Currents Graphing Utility for Ocean Currents "...plots self-generated or imported ocean current data in a variety of graphic representations..." Advanced Oceanography Calculators, Applets, Simulations, Spreadsheets (xls), etc. CALCULATION OF ABSORPTION OF SOUND IN SEAWATER - CALCULATOR - National Physical Laboratory (NPL), U.K. VERY EXTENSIVE. Absorption of Sound in Seawater Calculator "...The absorption of sound in seawater forms part of the total transmission loss of sound from a source to a receiver. It depends on the seawater properties, such as temperature, salinity and acidity as well as the frequency of the sound. The details of the underlying physics of absorption are quite complex. Note that the absorption causes only part of the transmission loss. Usually, the major contribution to transmission loss is the spreading of the acoustic wave as it propagates away from the source..." Absorption of Sound in Seawater Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Frequency; Temperature; Depth; Salinity; Acidity..." For more information see Acoustics Technical Guides; Acoustics; Science & Technology or the National Physical Laboratory SPEED OF SOUND IN SEA-WATER - National Physical Laboratory (NPL), U.K. VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Speed of Sound in Sea-Water Calculators include: "...4 Interactive Versions for Speed of Sound; 2 Interactive Versions for Pressure or Depth..." For more information see Acoustics Technical Guides; Acoustics; Science & Technology or the National Physical Laboratory Some examples of Speed of Sound in Sea-Water or Pressure or Depth Calculators include Speed of Sound in Sea-Water Calculator: The International Standard Algorithm (UNESCO equation): Chen and Millero Speed of Sound in Sea-Water Calculator: Del Grosso's equation: Wong and Zhu (An alternative equation to the UNESCO algorithm) Speed of Sound in Sea-Water Calculator: Mackenzie Speed of Sound in Sea-Water Calculator: Coppens Presure to Depth in Sea-Water Calculator: Leroy and Parthiot CO2-SYSTEM CALCULATIONS (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - E.A. Boyle, Trace Metal Group, Chemical Oceanography, Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate (PAOC), Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) VERY EXTENSIVE. CO2-System Calculator "...is designed to calculate carbon system parameters given T, S, P, TotCO2, and Alkalinity inputs...It uses the cubic [H+] simplification of the carbon system, which only applies in the range of natural seawater pH..." For more information see Edward A. Boyle Home Page (Trace Metal Group); Chemical Oceanography; Edward A. Boyle Home Page at PAOC; Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate (PAOC) or the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) COMPUTATION OF AQUEOUS METAL SOLUBILITIES USING SPREADSHEET PROGRAMS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D.A. Vaccari, Department of Civil, Environmental and Coastal Engineering, Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology VERY EXTENSIVE. Computation of Aqueous Metal Solubilities Calculators include: "...Lead Solubility Calculator; Copper Solubility Calculator; Ferrous and Ferric Iron Solubility Calculator; Calcium and Magnesium Solubility Calculator; etc..." For more information see David A. Vaccari's Home Page or the Department of Civil, Environmental and Coastal Engineering OCEANIC CALCULATOR - P. Wilde, Berkeley, CA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Oceanic Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Temperature; Salinity; Pressure..." Oceanic Calculator OUTPUT values include: Salinity Chemical Properties "...Boron; Bromine; Calcium; etc..." Physicsl Properties "...Activity of Water; Boiling Point; Freezing Point; Specific Alkalinity; etc..." Temperature & Salinity Chemical Properties "...Dissolved Argon; Dissolved Carbon Dioxide; Dissolved Methane; etc..." Physical Properties "...Enthalpy; Heat Capacity; Osmotic Pressure; etc..." Temperature, Salinity & Pressure Chemical Properties "...Borate pK; Carbonate pK1; Calcite pKsp; etc..." Physical Properties "...Adiabatic Gradient; Adiabatic Temperature; Specific Heat; etc..." For more information see Marine Related Interactive Tables, etc.; Pat Wilde's Home Page #2 or Pat Wilde's Home Page #1 OCEANIC CALCULATOR II: CONSERVATIVE, NUTRIENT AND REDOX RELATED ELEMENTS IN SEA WATER - P. Wilde, Berkeley, CA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Oceanic Calculator II INPUT Values include: "...Salinity; Phosphate; Silicate; Oxygen..." Oceanic Calculator II OUTPUT values include amounts in Sea Water for the following: "...Lithium; Sodium; Potassium; Rubidium; Cesium; Beryllium; Magnesium; Calcium; Strontium; Barium; Zirconium; Titanium; Vanadium; Molybendum; Chromium; etc..." For more information see Marine Related Interactive Tables, etc.; Pat Wilde's Home Page #2 or Pat Wilde's Home Page #1 OCEANIC CALCULATOR III: OCEANIC VELOCITY FROM STATION DATA CALCULATOR - HELLAND-HANSEN EQUATION - P. Wilde, Berkeley, CA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. "...'Mean' velocity with depth between two hydrographic stations making the depth of no motion assumption and applying the Helland-Hansen equation..." Oceanic Calculator III INPUT Values include: "...Latitude f; f*1e=4; Separtation A-B..." Oceanic Calculator OUTPUT values include: "...Station A values; Station B Values; Depth; dp; Mean d; Md*dp; etc..." For more information see Marine Related Interactive Tables, etc.; Pat Wilde's Home Page #2 or Pat Wilde's Home Page #1 OCEANIC VERTICAL REDOX CALCULATOR - P. Wilde, Berkeley, CA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Oceanic Vertical Redox "...Dissolved Oxygen with depth for Glacial, Inter-Glacial, and Non-Glacial climates. Surface and Deep water D.O and temperature as well as pycnocline thickness variable..." Oceanic Vertical Redox Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Desired Values of Dissolved Oxygen in mL/L for the Mixed Layer (Surface) and for the Deep Layer; Depth; Climate: Glacial; Pre-Post Glacial or Non Glacial; etc..." For more information see Marine Related Interactive Tables, etc.; Pat Wilde's Home Page #2 or Pat Wilde's Home Page #1

OCEANOGRAPHY; MARINE GEOSCIENCE, GEOLOGY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOCHEMISTRY; BATHYMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL, VENTS; ETC. DATABASES, ATLASES, MODELS, ETC. Oceanography Atlases & Databases VIRTUAL OCEAN - Hosted by: Marine Geoscience Data System, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University Multimedia Virtual Ocean Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Virtual Ocean "...integrates the GeoMapApp tool suite with the NASA World Wind 3-D earth browser to create a powerful new platform for interdisciplinary research and education..." The Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT)synthesis developed by the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) is the primary base map for Virtual Ocean, providing..." For more information see IEDA: Marine Geoscience Data System Tools & Services; IEDA: Marine Geoscience Data System; Integrated Earth Data Applications (IEDA) or the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) GEOMAPAPP - Hosted by the: Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University; Part of the IEDA Data Facility GeoMapApp "...provides direct access to the Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT) compilation that hosts high resolution (~100 m node spacing) bathymetry from multibeam data for ocean areas and ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) and NED (National Elevation Dataset) topography datasets for the global land masses..." For more information see the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) or the Integrated Earth Data Applications (IEDA) NODC OCEANOGRAPHIC DATABASES - National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA Multimedia NODC Oceanographic Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "NODC Oceanographic" Databases include "...Biology Databases; Buoy Databases; Chlorophyll Databases; Ocean Currents Databases; Plankton Databases; Salinity Databases; Coastal Water Temperature Guide (CWTG); Global Argo Data Repository; Global Ocean Data, Archaeology & Rescue; Global Temperature Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP); Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database (CoRTAD); etc..." For more information see the National Oceanographic Data Center WORLD OCEAN DATABASE AND WORLD OCEAN ATLAS - Ocean Climate Laboratory (OCL), National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), NOAA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "World Ocean Database and World Ocean Atlas" include XBT Bias Depth and Temperature Corrections WODselect: "...The WODselect interface allows a user to search World Ocean Database 2005 using a user-specified search criteria. A distribution map..." World Ocean Database 2009: Geographic and year sorted data World Ocean Atlas 2009: Climatological fields and statistics data files World Ocean Atlas 2009 Figures: Climatological field and statistic figures; etc. For more information see the Ocean Climate Laboratory (OCL) or the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) CCHDO - CLIVAR & CARBON HYDROGRAPHIC DATA OFFICE - CLIVAR and Carbon Hydrographic Data Office, La Jolla, California Multimedia DDHDO Databses (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. CCHDO's primary mission "...to deliver the highest possible quality global CTD and hydrographic data to users. These data are a product of decades of observations related to the physical characteristics of ocean waters carried out during WOCE, CLIVAR and numerous other oceanographic research programs..." eWOCE - ELECTRONIC ATLAS OF WOCE DATA - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Electronic Atlas of WOCE Data "...permits graphical display and interactive analysis of the data in many different ways. With extensive interactive controls and the capability to add a wide variety of derived quantities, this electronic atlas complements the printed WOCE atlases..." "...An eWOCE Gallery shows more than 350 tracer distributions along sections from the WOCE Hydrographic Program (WHP)..." For more information see the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) WOCE ATLASES Multimedia World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Atlases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Physical Ocean Research Division World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Atlases include WOCE Atlas Volume 2: Pacific Ocean WOCE Atlas Volume 3: Atlantic Ocean WOCE Atlas Volume 4: Indian Ocean WOCE Southern Ocean Atlas WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHY DATABASES, SOFTWARE, MOVIES, ETC. - USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Multimedia Oceanography Databases, Databases, Software, Calculators, Spreadsheets, etc. (Text, Images, Animations, Simulations, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Woods Hole Oceanography" Programs include "...Coastal and Marine Geology Program; Marine Realms Information Bank..." Examples of "USGS Woods Hole Science Center" Software include "...Sediment Grain-size Analysis Software; Digital Shoreline Analysis System; MATLAB software for scientific computations; etc..." Examples of "Matlab Tools for Oceanographic Analysis (A collaborative effort to organize and distribute Matlab tools for the Oceanographic Community)" Subject Categories include "...Time Series Tools; Numerical Modeling Tools; Mapping Tools; Hydrographic Tools; Data Interface Tools; etc..." Marine Geoscience, Marine Geology, Marine Geophysics, Marine Geochemistry, Bathymetry, Topography, etc. Databases MARINE GEOSCIENCE DATA SYSTEM (MGDS) - MGDS Team, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University Multimedia Marine Geoscience Data Portals, Tools, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Marine Geoscience Data Portals" include "...Antarctic & Southern Ocean Data Portal; GeoPRISMS Data Portal; Global Multi-Resolution Topography Data Portal; Academic Seismic Portal at LDEO; etc..." Examples of "Marine Geoscience Tools & Services" include "...Create Maps & Grids; GeoMapApp; EarthObserver App; Media Bank; etc..." For more information see Marine Geoscience Databases; Databases & Repositories; Division of Marine Geology & Geophysics; Research; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) or the Integrated Earth Data Applications (IEDA) GEOCHEMICAL EARTH REFERENCE MODEL (GERM) - GERM, EarthRef.org Multimedia Geochemical Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Geochemical Earth Reference Model" Databases include Geochemistry of the Earth Database "...contains summary data on the geochemistry of all reservoirs in the Earth..." Rocks and Minerals Database "...contains partition coefficient data for all types of rocks and minerals and for every element..." Examples of other "Reservoir" Databases include "...Coarse Interplanetary Dust Particles; Chondritic Smooth Interplanetary Dust Particles; Chondritic Porous Interplanetary Dust Particles; Interplanetary Dust Particles; etc..." For more information see EarthRef Databases or EarthRef.org GEOCHEMISTRY OF ROCKS OF THE OCEANS AND CONTINENTS (GEOROC) - Max-Planck-Institut (MPI) für Chemie, Mainz, Germany Multimedia Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans & Continents Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans & Continents Database "...a global geochemical database containing published chemical and isotopic data as well as extensive "metadata" for rocks, minerals and melt/fluid inclusions..." For more information see the Max-Planck-Institut (MPI) für Chemie MARINE GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS, BATHYMETRY, TOPOGRAPHY, & RELIEF DATABASES - U.S. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA Multimedia Bathymetry, Topography, & Relief Databases, Marine Geology Databases & Marine Geophysics Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. NGDC and the collocated World Data Center for Geophysics and Marine Geology, Boulder (WDC GMG), "...compile, maintain, archive, and distribute data from extensive databases in coastal and open ocean areas. Key data types include trackline geophysics (gravity, magnetics, seismic reflection, bathymetry), sediment thickness, and..." For more information see the National Geophysical Data Center Examples from over "30" "Marine Geology & Geophysics" Databases include Bathymetry and Topography Bathymetry and Topography Databases include Bathymetry (Ocean Depths) "...HO Data Center for Digital Bathymetry (IHODCDB); International Ocean Mapping Projects; Multibeam Data; NOS Hydrographic Survey Data; Satellite-derived Data; Trackline Data; etc..." Combined Bathymetry & Topography "...Coastlines & Coastline Extractor; Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Discovery Portal; Global Relief (ETOPO2v2 and ETOPO5); Tsunami Inundation Gridding Project; etc..." Marine Geology & Geophysics: Shoreline - Coastline Data Marine Geology & Geophysics: Shoreline - Coastline Databases include "...Coastline Extractor Electronic Database allows you to extract coastline segments bounded by a specified latitude/longitude range. Plots the coast you extracted. GSHHS - A Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Shoreline Database; Coastal Relief Model at NGDC; etc..." Marine Geology Data Marine Geology Database "...Descriptions, Photographs, and Analyses of Marine and Lakebed Sediments and Rocks..." Marine Geophysical Trackline Data Marine Geophysical Trackline Database "...contains bathymetry, magnetics, gravity and seismic navigation data collected during marine cruises from 1953 to the present. Coverage is worldwide. Data sources include both US and foreign oceanographic institutions and government agencies..." PETROLOGICAL DATABASE OF THE OCEAN FLOOR (PETDB) - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University Multimedia Petrological Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor "...archives and serves analytical data for whole rocks, glasses, minerals, melt inclusions, with emphasis on basalts and abyssal peridotites. PetDB contains major, trace-element, and isotope ratios for samples from mid-ocean ridge basalts, back-arc basins, young near-ridge seamounts, and old oceanic crust..." For more information see Data Projects or the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) Sea Level Databases SEA LEVEL DATA - Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, U.K. Multimedia Sea Level Data (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level or the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) Submarine Volcanism and Hydrothermal Venting VENTS - VENTS Program, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA Multimedia Vents Databases, Lessons, etc. (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. VENTS "...conducts research on the impacts and consequences of submarine volcanism and hydrothermal venting on the global ocean and deep-sea ecosystems..." Examples of VENTS Research Topics, Databases, etc. include "...Hydrothermal Venting (Fluids, Gases, Plumes, Particles, etc.); Submarine Volcanism (Geology and Mapping); Ocean Sound (Seismicity, Bioacoustics, Ambient Sound); Interactive map of global hydrothermal vent locations; Underwater videos, virtual realities, animations, panoramas, sounds and images of hydrothermal vent systems; DIVE!: Dive to an active submarine volcano!; etc..." For more information see the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA

SEDIMENT COURSES, LECTURES, CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS BEDFORM SEDIMENTOLOGY COURSES, LECTURES, MANUALS, ETC. MARINE SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES COURSES, LECTURES, MANUALS, ETC. SEDIMENT-TRANSPORT CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS BEDFORM SEDIMENTOLOGY (QUICKTIME) - Authors: D.M. Rubin, C.L. Carter, G.V. Middleton, & R.E. Plotnick; Hosted by the USGS Pacific Coastal & Marine Science Center, USGS Multimedia Bedform Sedimentology Technical Manual (Text, Images, Animations, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). Examples of "Bedform Sedimentology Technical Manual" Subject Categories include Bedforms and Cross-Bedding in Animations (includes Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound) Table of Contents which include over "70" Animations & Movies includes "...Bedform Classes Animations & Movies; Bedform Experiments Animations & Movies; etc..." Forecasting Techniques, Underlying Physics, and Applications includes "...Techniques; Complication of Unsteady Forcing; Examples; etc..." Software available for download. For more information see the Topics or the USGS Pacific Coastal & Marine Science Center MARINE SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES: MECHANICS OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT - A.S. Ogston & C. Nittrouer, Marine Geology & Geophysics, School of Oceanography, College of the Environment, University of Washington Multimedia Marine Sedimentary Processes Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Marine Sedimentary Processes: Mechanics of Sediment Transport" Course Lectures include "...Settling Velocity; Flocculation of sediment particles; Buoyant plumes; Marine boundary layers; Bedload transport; Suspended-sediment load and flux; Waves and sediment transport; Beaches; etc..." For more information see the Marine Sedimentary Processes Home Page (Ocean 541/Ocean 411); Andrea S. Ogston Home Page or the School of Oceanography SEDIMENT-TRANSPORT (JAVA APPLETS) - C.R. Sherwood, Coastal Sediment Transport Measurements and Modeling, USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Christopher R. Sherwood's Home Page or the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Some examples of Sediment-Transport Calculators include Linear Wave Calculations Linear Wave Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Wave Height; Wave Period; Water Depth..." Linear Wave Calculator OUTPUT values include: "...Wave Number; Angular Frequency; Near-bottom Orbital Velocity..." Ripple Properties Calculator Ripple Properties Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Wave Height; Wave Period; Water Depth; Grain Diameter..." Ripple Properties Calculator OUTPUT values include: "...Near-bottom Orbital Velocity; Orbital Diameter; Grain Size; Ripple Height; Ripple Wavelength; etc..." Sediment Particle Property Calculations Sediment Particle Property Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Grain Size (phi); Grain Size (mm); Grain Density; Fine Sand: Powers Roundness Factor; Corey Shape Factor; Salinity; etc..." Sediment Particle Property Calculator OUTPUT values include: "...Critical Shear Stress; Dietrich Settling Velocity; Stokes Setting Velocity; Gibbs Setting Velocity; Water Density; etc..." Wave-Current Interaction Calculations Wave-Current Interaction Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Current Velocity; Current Reference Elevation; Angle Between Waves/Currents; Wave Height; Wave Period; Wave-optical Velocity Amplitude; Angular Wave Frequency; etc..." Wave-Current Interaction Calculator OUTPUT values include: "...Current Friction Velocity; Wave Friction Velocity; Combined Friction Velocity; Apparent Roughness; etc.." COASTAL INLETS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS COASTAL INLETS - COASTAL MODELING SYSTEM - Coastal Inlets Research Program (CRIP), Coastal & Hydraulics Laboratory, Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Multimedia Coastal Modeling System (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Coastal Modeling System "...is an integrated 2D numerical modeling system for simulating waves, current, water level, sediment transport, and morphology change at coastal inlets and entrances. Emphasis of the CMS is on navigation channel performance and sediment exchange between the inlet and adjacent beaches..." For more information see Coastal Inlets Research Program CIRP; Inlets; Coastal & Hydraulics Laboratory or the Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC) Examples of "Coastal Modeling System" Sections, Tools, etc. include CMS-Flow Explicit CMS-Wave Automated Procedure Reservoir Model Program Inlets Online Berms Online Inlet/Beach Porcesses

DREDGING COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, LECTURES, CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ETC. DREDGING AND OFFSHORE ENGINEERING LECTURES - Director: S.A. Miedema, Dredging Engineering Research Laboratory (DERL), Marine and Transport Technology, Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands Multimedia Dredging and Offshore Engineering Lectures (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Dredging and Offshore Engineering Subject Categories & Over "100" Lectures include Breaching Lectures; Dredging Equipment Lectures "...The Cutter Suction Dredge Lecture; The Plain Suction Dredge Lecture; The Barge Unloading/Reclamation Dredge Lecture; The Bucket Ladder Dredge Lecture; Grab/Clamshell Dredge Lecture; etc..." Hopper Sedimentation Lectures "...Dredging Processes Hopper Sedimentation Lecture; An Analytical Approach to the Sedimentation Process in Trailing Suction Hopper Dredges Lecture; An Analytical Method to Determine Scour Lecture; etc..." Cutting of Sand, Clay and Rock Lectures "...The Cutting of Water Saturated Sand Lecture; The Snow Plough Effect When Cutting Water Saturated Sand Lecture; Clay Cutting Lecture; The Rock Cutting Process Lecture; etc..." Drive Systems Lectures; Hydraulic Transport: Centrifugal Pumps, Slurry Transport, Ports and Dreding Lectures "...Basic Principles of Flow of Liquid and Particles in a Pipeline Lecture; Flow of Mixture in a Pipeline Lecture; Rheological Parameters of Non-Settling Mixtures Lecture; Centrifugal Dredge Pumps Lectures; etc..." Offshore Hydromechanics Lectures "...An Analytical Method to Determine Scour Lecture; Forces on Slender Cilinders Lecture; Erosion Lecture; etc..." Soil Mechanics Lectures; etc. For more information see Dredging Engineering Research Laboratory; Sape A. Miedema's Home Page; Marine and Transport Technology; Departments; Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering or the Delft University of Technology DREDGE PUMPS AND SLURRY TRANSPORT - A.M. Talmo, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands Multimedia Pumping Stations and Transport Pipelines Course - PDF (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Dredge Pumps and Slurry Transport" Course Chapters include "...Basic Principles of Flow in Pipe; Flow of Soil-water Mixture; Modeling of Stratified Mixture Flows; Modeling of Non-stratified Mixture Flows; Operation Limits of Pump-pipeline System; Production of Solids in a Pump-pipeline System; etc..." For more information see Dredge Pumps and Slurry Transport Lectures Home Page; Dredge Pumps and Slurry Transport Home Page; Offshore Engineering or TU Delft Online Courses SURFACE WAVES COURSES, TEXTBOOKS & CALCULATORS SURFACE WAVES - Authors: John V. Wehausen & Edmund V. Laitone, Computational Marine Mechanics Lab, Ocean Engineering, Berkeley College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Multimedia Surfact Waves Textbook: Online Edition, 2002 (with a new errata and a revised subject index for the original article) (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Surface Waves" Textbook Chapters & Subchapters include Mathematical Formulation "...Coordinate Systems and Conventions; Equations of Motion; etc..." Preliminary Remarks and Developments "...Classification of Problems; Energy; Momentum; etc..." Theory of Infinitestimal Waves "...The Fundamental Equations; Other Boundary Conditions; Group Velocity and the Propagation of Disturbances and of Energy; Waves Resulting from Pressure Boundaries; Initial-Value Problems; Waves in Viscous Fluid; etc..." Shallow Water Waves; Exact Solutions; etc..." For more information see Computational Marine Mechanics Lab or Ocean Engineering WAVE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS OCEAN WAVE THEORY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS AN OCEAN WAVE PARAMETER CALCULATOR - R. Chapman, Ocean Remote Sensing Group, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Ocean Wave Parameter Calculator "...will allow you to compute any wave parameter (other than amplitude) from any other..." Ocean Wave Parameter Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Depth; Frequency; Radian Frequency; Wavelength; Wavenumber; Phase speed; Group speed..." For more information see Ocean Remote Sensing Group ANIMATIONS IN OCEAN WAVE THEORY - S.A. Kinnas, M.H. Kim, J. Zhang, H. Hart, & J.M. Roesset, Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC), Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin Animations in Ocean Wave Theory include: "...Linear Wave Theory; Stokes' 2nd order Wave Theory; Numerical Simulation of Wave/Body Interaction..." For more information see Electronic Classroom on Ocean Wave Theory; Spyros A. Kinnas Home Page or the Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC) INTERACTIVE TOOLS IN OCEAN WAVE THEORY (JAVA APPLETS) - S.A. Kinnas, M.H. Kim, J. Zhang, H. Hart, & J.M. Roesset, Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC), Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Electronic Classroom on Ocean Wave Theory; Spyros A. Kinnas Home Page or the Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC) Some examples Ocean Wave Theory Calculators include Wave Forces on Cylinder Calculator (Linear Wave Theory) Multi-Component Waves Calculator (Linear Wave Theory) Comparison of Wave Forces Acting on a Cylindrical Bottom-mounted Pile Calculator STOKES WAVE (NONLINEAR) APPLET - S.A. Kinnas, M.H. Kim, J. Zhang, H. Hart, & J.M. Roesset, Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC), Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Ocean Wave Mechanics: Nonliear Wave theory; Courses; Spyros A. Kinnas' Home Page Jun Zhang's Home Page or the Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC) Examples of other Wave Calculators include Nonlinear Wave Kinematics Calculator Long Wave/Short Wave Interaction Calculator

Offshore Moorings & Anchors OFFSHORE MOORINGS AND ANCHORS COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, TECHNICAL REPORTS, ETC. OFFSHORE MOORINGS MANUALS AND LECTURES - Director: S.A. Miedema, Offshore Moorings - Offshore & Dredging Engineering Group, Marine and Transport Technology, Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands Multimedia Offshore Moorings Manuals and Lectures (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Offshore Moorings Manuals and Lectures" inclulde "...The Vryhof Anchors - Anchor Manual; The Vryhof Anchors - Rope Manual; The Catenary Derivation; Morison's Equation; Penetration Behaviour of an Anchor in Sand; Suction Anchors in Sand; Suction Anchors in Clay; Suction Pile in Sand; Suction Pile in Clay; etc..." For more information see Offshore Moorings - Offshore & Dredging Engineering Group; Sape A. Miedema's Home Page; Marine and Transport Technology; Departments; Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering or the Delft University of Technology FPSO IN THE ARCTIC: DESIGN OF FLOATING PRODUCTION STORAGE AND OFFLOADING (FPSO) - Authors: S. Prabhakar, A. van Nes & R. Corona; Under the Direction of Director: S.A. Miedema, Offshore Moorings - Offshore & Dredging Engineering Group, Marine and Transport Technology, Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands Multimedia FPSO in the Arctic: Design of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO), VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "FPSO in the Arctic: Design of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO)" Subject Categories & Subcategories include Moorings "...Mooring Types (Spread Mooring, Single Point Mooring, etc.); Catenary vs. Taut; Mooring System Components (Mooring Lines, Connectors; etc.)..." Turrets "...Internal Turret; External Turret; etc..." General Loads "...Wind; Waves; Current..." Artic Design "...Ice Mechanics Formation of Ice; Failure Modes (Crusing, Bending, Buckling, etc.). Ice Loads Ice Crushing Loads; Ice Buckling Loads; Ice Splitting Loads; etc..." For more information see Offshore Moorings - Offshore & Dredging Engineering Group; Sape A. Miedema's Home Page; Marine and Transport Technology; Departments; Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering or the Delft University of Technology OFFSHORE MOORINGS - Director: S.A. Miedema, Offshore Moorings - Offshore & Dredging Engineering Group, Marine and Transport Technology, Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands Multimedia Offshore Moorings Course - PDF (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Offshore Moorings Course "...treats the design of offshore mooring systems literally from the ground up: Starting with the anchor and its soils mechanics in the sea bed, via the mechanics of a single mooring line and system of lines. The course concludes by touching on other mooring concepts and the dynamic behavior of the moored object as a non-linear mechanical system..." Examples of "Offshore Moorings" Course Chapters & Subchapters include Publications "...The Vryhof Anchors - Anchor Manual; The Vryhof Anchors - Rope Manual; etc..." 2005-2006 Lectures "...Catenary Shape of Chains or Cables; Catenary Anchoring Theory; Anchor Lines Construction and Usage; Design of a Mooring System of a Concrete Caisson; Anchors in Sand; Anchoring of FPSO's (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) etc..." 2006-2007 Lectures "...Mooring Systems for Semi Submersibles; Mooring Systems for SPAR's; Mooring Systems for FPSO's; Suction Anchors; Offloading Mooring Configuration; Deep Water Mooring Material; etc..." 2007-2008 Lectures "...Mooring of a Floating Container Terminal; Floating Prodution Storage Offloading (FPSO) Mooring Systems; Mooring a Tension Leg Platform; Mooring Pontoon: Mooring a rock-dumping vessel for the creation of breakwaters in shallow waters; etc..." Advanced Production & Loading; etc. For more information see Offshore Moorings Home Page; Offshore Engineering or TU Delft Online Courses MOORINGS AND ANCHORS - Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), Department of Interior Multimedia Offshore Moorings and Anchors Technical Publications (Text & Images) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Offshore Moorings and Anchors Research "...Ultra-deep water exploration and production has led to new challenges for operators, and new technology, such as the use of polyester ropes, to meet these challenges. Mooring failures during hurricanes Ivan, Katrina, and Rita caused a number of mobile drilling units to go adrift. Anchors where drug by drifting platforms, in some cases causing damage to pipelines..." Examples of "Offshore Moorings and Anchors" Technical Publications Categories include "...Rig Mooring Reliability; Recommended Procedure for Design of Drag-Embedment (Fluke) Anchors; Reliability Study for Synthetic Moorings; Deep Water Anchor Reliability; Polyester Rope Analysis Tool; Characterizing Polyester Rope Installation Damage; Foundation/Mooring Risk of FPSOs; Qualifying Composite Tendons and Risers; Numerical Modeling of Torpedo Anchors; Connector Designs for Top and Bottom Tendon Connections; etc..." For more information see the Technology Assessment and Research; Research & Training or the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Offshore Platforms OFFSHORE PLATFORM TECHNICAL MANUALS OFFSHORE STRUCTURES - Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), Department of Interior Multimedia Offshore Structures Technical Publications (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Offshore Structures Technical Publications" Subject Categories include "...Incipient Crack Detection in Offshore Structures; Subsea Inspection; Deepwater Structures Technology Assessment; Vibration Monitoring of Offshore Structures; Pile Foundation Design for Ocean Structures; Wave Forces on Ocean Structures; Caisson Monitoring Project; Rig Mooring Reliability; Torsional Evaluation of Stiffening Members in Marine Structures; Drag and Oscillation of Marine Risers and Slack Cables; Residual Strength of Offshore Structures After Damage; Ocean Wave Simulation Model; Offshore Structural Systems Reliability; Hydrodynamic Effects on Design of Offshore Platforms; Testing and Evaluation of Damaged Jacket Braces; Method for Predicting Hydrodynamic Damping for Offshore Structures; Capacity Analysis Program for Verification of Fixed Platforms; Testing and Evaluation of Grout Repaired Tubular Members; Strengthening Modifications and Repair Techniques; Post Mortem Platform Failure Evaluation Study; Behavior of Suction Caisson Foundations; Cathodic Retrofits for Offshore Structures; Underwater Welding Workshop; FPSO Roll Motions; etc..." For more information see Technology Assessment and Research; Research & Training or the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Propeller Design & Cavitation CAVITATION - FLUID MECHANICS LECTURES WITH VIDEOS/MOVIES & AUDIO/SOUND FLUID MECHANICS: FLOW VISUALIZATION AND SIMULATIONS (QUICKTIME) - Videos/Movies Author: H. Rouse; Produced by the Iowa Institute of Hyraulic Research; Hosted by the Fluids Laboratory, IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Iowa Multimedia Fluid Mechanics Course: Flow Visualization & Simulations (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Fluid Mechanics Topics & Processes Course Video Lectures include: "...Introduction to the Study of Fluid Motion Video Lecture (Fluid Flows in Nature); Introduction to the Study of Fluid Motion Video Lecture (Fluid Mechanics Terminology); Introduction to the Study of Fluid Motion Video Lecture (Experimental Fluid Dynamics); Fundamental Principles of Flows Video Lecture (Basic Concepts and Physical Relationships of Fluid Motion); Hunter Rouse - Fundamental Principles of Flows Video Lecture (Flow Dynamics); Fluid Motion in a Gravitational Field Video Lecture (Gravitational Waves); etc..." Examples of Fluid Mechanics Concepts Course Video Lectures include: "...Characteristics of the Laminar and Turbulent Flows Video Lecture (Air Jet Flows); Characteristics of the Laminar and Turbulent Flows Video Lecture (Boundary Layer Flows); Fundamental Principles of Flows Video Lecture (Cavitation); Effects of Fluid Compressibility (Elastic Waves); Characteristics of the Laminar and Turbulent Flows Video Lecture (Flow around an Airfoil); Fundamental Principles of Flows Video Lecture (Flow Separation); Fluid Motion in a Gravitational Field Video Lecture (Flow over Weirs); Fluid Motion in a Gravitational Field & Effects of Fluid Compressibility Video Lecture (Gravitational Waves); Fluid Motion in a Gravitational Field Video Lecture (Hydraulic Jump); Fundamental Principles of Flows Video Lecture (Propulsion); etc..." For more information see the Fluids Laboratory; IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering or the College of Engineering MARINE HYDRODYNAMICS (REAL PLAYER) - 2.20 Marine Hydrodynamics, D.K.P. Yue, Center for Ocean Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, MIT Multimedia Marine Hydrodynamics Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Marine Hydrodynamics Course "...The fundamentals of fluid mechanics are developed in the context of naval architecture and ocean science and engineering. Transport theorem and conservation principles. Navier-Stokes' equation. Dimensional analysis. Ideal and potential flows. Vorticity and Kelvin's theorem. Hydrodynamic forces..." Examples from over "24" "Marine Hydrodynamics" Course Lectures include "...Basic Concepts; Navier-Stokes Equation; Similarity Parameters from Governing Equations; Vortex Structures, Bernoulli Equation; Vorticity Equation; Lifting Surfaces; Vortex Induced Vibrations; Turbulent Flow; Turbulent Boundary Layers and Model Testing; Water Waves; etc..." Includes over "25" Illustrated Experiments in Fluid Mechanics Videos from the "National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films (NCFMF) Book of Film Notes" including: "...Fundamentals Boundary Layers Video; Cavitation Video; Channel Flow of a Compression Fluid Video; Deformation of Continuous Media Video; Eulerian Lagrangian Description Video; Flow Instabilities Video; Flow Visualization Video; Fluid Dynamics of Drag Part I, II, III, IV Video; Fluid Quantity and Flow Video; Low Reynolds Number Flow Video; Magnetohydrodynamics Video; Pressure Fields and Fluid Acceleration Video; etc..." For more information see National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films (NCFMF); 2.20 Marine Hydrodynamics; MIT Towing Tank; Center for Ocean Engineering; Department of Mechanical Engineering or the School of Engineering CAVITATION COURSES, LECTURES, LESSONS, ETC. CAVITATION - Cavitation and Bubbly Flows Group, Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota Multimedia Cavitation Lessons (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Cavitation "...can occur in any device handling or moving through a liquid, and can have both positive and negative effects. Cavitation can degrade performance, cause noise and vibration and erode components..." Examples of "Cavitation" Subject Categories & Lessons include "...Cavitation Fundamentals Cavitation Equipment; Cavitation Erosion in U.S. Hydroturbines; etc. Vortical Flows Tip Vortex Cavitation; Singing Vortex; etc. Lifting Surfaces Characteristics of Sheet/Cloud Cavitation; dP Measurements; LDV Measurements; Acoustic; Radiation; etc Navier-Stokes approach to numerical modeling of cavitating flows; etc." For more information see Cavitation and Bubbly Flows Group or the Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory CAVITATION LECTURES & SYMPOSIUMS FIFTH NTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CAVITATION (CAV 2003) - Hosted by the University of Tokyo, Tohoku University & Osaka University Multimedia Symposium on Cavitation (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of the "Fifth International Symposium on Cavitation" Subject Categories include "...Cavitation nucleai; Bubble dynamics; Attached Cavitation; Bubbly flows and cloud cavitation; Supercavitation; Cavitation noise; Cavitation erosion; Cavitation on marine propellers; Hydraulic Machines; Inception; Pumps; etc..." For more information see CAV 2003 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CAVITATION (CAV 2001) - Hosted by the California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) & the University of Michigan Multimedia Symposium on Cavitation (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of the "Fourth International Symposium on Cavitation" Subject Categories include "...Inception and Nucleation; Noise and Luminescence; Bubble Dynamics; Bubble Dynamics and Vortices; Bubbly Flows; Cloud Cavitation; Cavitation Erosion; Turbomachinery; etc..." For more information see Browse by Collection or CaltechCONF CAVITATION VIDEOS - CAVITATION MOVIES OBSERVATION OF COLLAPSING ROOT-CAVITATION USING A HIGH-SPEED CAMERA - Department of Fluids Engineering, National Maritime Research Institute, Japan Multimedia Observation of Collapsing Root-Cavitation using a Hight-Speed Camera Video (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY EXTENSIVE. Available in English & Japanese. Root Cavitation Phenomena on a Propeller Model "...was filmed with a high-speed video camera (HPV-1, Shimazu Corporation). The camera can record 1000000 frames per second at maximum frame rate..." For more information see the Department of Fluids Engineering or the National Maritime Research Institute CAVITATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS CAVITATION SIMULATIONS & SOFTWARE - S.A. Kinnas, Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC), Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Spyros A. Kinnas' Home Page or the Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC) Some examples of Cavitation Numerical Simulations & Calculators include: Hydrofoil Flow Hydrofoil Flow Calculator "...uses a numerical method (a panel method based on the total velocity potential) to calculate and plot the pressures on the surface of a hydrofoil subject to a uniform inflow..." Computer-generated Movie Showing the History of the Resulting Blade shapes in the last Iterations of the Optimization Process

Radar & AIS Systems

Automatic Identification System Airborne Radar Courses & Lessons with Calculators & Applets Radar Antennas ~ Radar Beamwidth ~ Radar Boundary-Relative Speed Radar 'Free-Space Range' ~ Radar Horizon Radar Targets & Ship Movements

Radar & AIS Systems AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS AIS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS AIS COURSES, LECTURES, TEXTBOOKS, ETC. AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS) CAPCALC TO DETERMINE THE MESSAGE CAPACITY OF AN AIS BASESTATION - I. Harre, Bremen, Germany VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Automatic Identification System "...how many mobile and stationary AIS systems can be received by a single shore-based 'physical AIS base station'. AIS CapCalc will provide the answer for user-defined traffic scenarios..." Automatic Identification System Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Basestation(s); Ship at anchor or moored and not moving faster than 3 knots; Ship at anchor or moored and moving faster than 3 knots; Ship 0-14 knots; Ship 0-14 knots and changing course; Ship 14-23 knots; Ship 14-23 knots and changing course; etc..." For more information see AIS (Automatic Identification System) or Ingo Harre's Home Page AIRBORNE RADAR COURSES, LECTURES, TEXTBOOKS, ETC. RADAR CALCULATOR - RADAR CALCULATORS - RADAR SPREADSHEETS (XLS) INTRODUCTION TO RADAR IMAGING (REAL PLAYER) - Margaret Cheney, Department of Mathematical Sciences, School of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI); Video Lecture presented at the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), September, 2005 Multimedia Introduction to Radar Imaging Video Lectures (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Introduction to Radar Imaging" Video Lectures include "...Nonimaging Radar Video Lecture; Introduction to Scattering Video Lecture; Introduction to Antennas Video Lecture; Synthetic-aperture Radar Imaging Video Lecture; Properties of the Image Video Lecture; etc..." For more information see Margaret Cheney's Home Page; Department of Mathematical Sciences or the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR - Sandia Corporation Multimedia Synthetic Aperture Radar Technical Publications, Movies, etc. (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Synthetic Aperture Radar" Subject Categories include Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery "...Ka-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery; Ku-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery; Sandia MiniSAR - Miniaturized Synthetic Aperture Radar; MTI & CCD Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery; RTV Synthetic Aperture Radar; X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery; etc..." Sandia SAR Presentations "...Ka-band - Portfolio of Fine Resolution Ka-band SAR Images: Part 1; UAVs - Taking Reconnaissance to Another Level - UAVs: The Way Ahead; etc..." Synthetic Aperture Radar Movie Gallery; etc..." For more information see Sandia Corporation RADAR ANTENNA CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS RADAR ANTENNA CALCULATOR (ANTCALC) - I. Harre, Bremen, Germany VERY EXTENSIVE. Radar Antenna Calculator "..."How does a particular radar antenna perform"? The Radar Antenna Calculator provided on this page helps to find answers..." Radar Antenna Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Radar Frequency; Antenna Width; Horizontal Beamwidth; Vertical Beamwidth; Antenna Gain; etc..." Also includes a table that "...shows some data representative for radar antennas used aboard ships or ashore..." For more information see Radar or Ingo Harre's Home Page RADAR BEAMWIDTH CALCULATORS & APPLETS RADAR BEAM PROPERTY CALCULATOR & APPLETS BEAMWIDTH CALCULATOR - BEAM PROPERTY CALCULATOR - Warning Decision Training Branch (WDTB), National Weather Service (NWS), NOAA VERY EXTENSIVE. Beamwidth Calculator "...When analyzing radar data, it is often helpful to know the height of the radar volume...This applet provides a simpler way to get this information. In addition to providing the user the beam center height, it also provides the beam top height, beam bottom height, and the beam width..." Beamwidth Calculator (Beam Property Calculator) INPUT Values include: "...Elevation Angle; Range; Units (English or Metric)..." For more information see Resources or the Warning Decision Training Branch RADAR BOUNDARY-RELATIVE SPEED CALCULATORS & APPLETS BOUNDARY-RELATIVE SPEED CALCULATOR - Warning Decision Training Branch (WDTB), National Weather Service (NWS), NOAA VERY EXTENSIVE. Boundary-Relative Speed Calculator "...was created to give forecasters an easy way to use the proposed schematic diagram in an operational environment..." Boundary-Relative Speed Calculator "...uses three input variables (cell speed, cell direction, and boundary speed; all speeds in m s-1) to compute the boundary-relative velocity at points all along the circular boundary..." For more information see Resources or the Warning Decision Training Branch RADAR 'FREE-SPACE RANGE' CALCULATORS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) RADAR FREE-SPACE RANGE CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - I. Harre, Bremen, Germany VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Radar Free-Space Range Calculator "...The free-space range of a radar system is the maximum range determined from the parameters of a radar system (antenna and transmitter/receiver combination)..." Radar Free-Space Range Calculator INPUT Values include: Radar Antenna "...Beamwidth (Azimuth & Elevation); Polarisation; Gain; RPM; etc..." Radar Transmitter/Receiver "...Frequency; Wavelength; Peak Power; Pulse Width; etc..." Target "...Radar Cross Section; False Alarm Rate Exponent; etc..." Also includes "...Radar Cross Section (Ship RCS Tables, IALA RCS Tables, etc.); NAVGEN Algorithm to determine 2D Position Fixing Errors; etc..." For more information see Radar or Ingo Harre's Home Page RADAR HORIZON CALCULATORS & APPLETS RADAR HORIZON CALCULATOR (HORCALC) - I. Harre, Bremen, Germany VERY EXTENSIVE. Radar Horizon Calculator is "...a calculator to determine the radar horizon and the target visibility range..." Radar Horizon Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Height of radar antenna; Target height..." For more information see Radar or Ingo Harre's Home Page RADAR TARGETS AND SHIP MOVEMENTS CALCULATORS & APPLETS RADAR (JAVA APPLET) - C.G. Crawford, Mathematics Department, United States Naval Academy (USNA) VERY EXTENSIVE. Radar Calculator "...Suppose a target is moving back and forth, toward and away from your radar unit. The given function represents the distance as a function of time as measured by your radar..." For more information see Web Based Calculus Applications; Mathematics Department or the United States Naval Academy RELATED RATES (JAVA APPLET) - C.G. Crawford, Mathematics Department, United States Naval Academy (USNA) VERY EXTENSIVE. Related Rates Calculator "...simulates the movement of two ships, one East/West and the other North/South. A separate graph keeps track of the distance between them as a function of time..." For more information see Web Based Calculus Applications; Mathematics Department or the United States Naval Academy Sonar SONAR GLOSSARY SONAR GLOSSARY - RESON A/S, Denmark Multimedia Sonar Glossary (Text & Images). For more information see Self-help; Support or RESON SONAR COURSES, LECTURES, TECHNICAL REPORTS, ETC. MULTIBEAM SONAR: THEORY OF OPERATION - Author: L-w Communications SeaBeam Instruments; Hosted by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University Multimedai Sonar: Theory of Operation - PDF (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Sonar: Theory of Operation" Chatpers & Subchapters include "...Chapter 2: Sonar Concepts The Physics of Sound in Water; The Principles of Sonar; The Sonar Equation; Why Multibeam? The Limitations of a Single-Beam Depth Sounder; etc..." Chapter 3: Introduction to Multibeam Sonar: Projector and Hydrophone Systems; Chapter 4: Detection Processing and Range Calculations Processing Steps; Time of Arrival (TOA) and Direction of Arrival (DOA) Calculation; Range Calculation and Bottom Location; etc. Chapter 5: Sidescan Sonar; Glossary of Sonar Terms; etc..." For more information see the How Mapping Sonars Work; MB-System: Mapping the Seafloor; Research: Projects and Initiatives; Research or the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Underwater Vehicles - Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) - Underwater Gliders UNDERWATER VEHICLES COURSES, LECTURES, TECHNICAL REPORTS, ETC. UNDERWATER VEHICLES - Woods Hole Ocenaographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA Multimedia Underwater Vehicles Technical Reports, etc. (Text & Images). Underwater Vehicles Subject Categories include "...National Deep Submergence Facility Vehicles; Hybrid Remotely Operated Vehicle Nereus; Towed Vehicles; etc..." For more information see Ships or Woods Hole Ocenaographic Institution AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES (AUV'S) COURSES, LECTURES, TECHNICAL REPORTS, ETC. AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES (AUV'S) - Woods Hole Ocenaographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA Multimedia Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) Technical Reports, etc. (Text & Images). Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) Subject Categories include "...Remote Environmental Monitoring UnitS (REMUS); SeaBED-class AUVs; Slocum Glider; Spray Glider; etc..." For more information see Underwater Vehicles; Ships or Woods Hole Ocenaographic Institution SEAGLIDER - Department of Ocean Engineering, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington Multimedia Seaglider Technical Reports, etc. (Text & Images). Seaglider "...With satellite data telemetry Seaglider delivers continuous, real-time data relay and rational control capabilities over large geographic areas and long time scales..." "...Designed to operate at depths up to 1000 meters, the hull compresses as it sinks, matching the compressibility of seawater..." For more information see the Department of Ocean Engineering or the Applied Physics Laboratory SLOCUM GLIDER - Webb Research Corporation, Teledyne Technologies Incorporated Multimedia Slocum Glider Technical Reports, etc. (Text & Images). Slocum Glider Technical Reports Categories include "...Slocum Electric Glider; Slocum Thermal Glider; Data Sheets; etc..." For more information see Webb Research Corporation or Teledyne Technologies G2 SLOCUM GLIDER DATA SHEET - Webb Research Corporation, Teledyne Technologies Incorporated Multimedia G2 Slocum Glider Data Sheet - PDF (Text & Images). For more information see Webb Research Corporation or Teledyne Technologies UNDERWATER GLIDERS FOR OCEAN RESEARCH - 2004 - Authors: D.L. Rudnick, R.E. Davis, C.C. Eriksen, D.M. Fratantoni & M.J. Perry; Publisher: Marine Technology Society Journal, Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 2004; Hosted by Russ E. Davis, Physical Oceanography Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD Multimedia Underwater Gliders for Ocean Research - PDF, 59 Pages (Text & Images). For more information see Publications or Russ Davis' Home Page; Russ Davis' Faculty Home Page or Oceanography

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