Undersea Vehicles and National Needs (Paperback)

The United States faces decisions requiring information about the oceans in vastly expanded scales of time and space and from oceanic sectors not accessible with the suite of tools now used by scientists and engineers. Advances in guidance and control, communications, sensors, and other technologies for undersea vehicles can provide an opportunity to understand the oceans' influence on the energy and chemical balance that sustains humankind and to manage and deliver resources from and beneath the sea. This book assesses the state of undersea vehicle technology and opportunities for vehicle applications in science and industry. It provides guidance about vehicle subsystem development priorities and describes how national research can be focused most effectively. Table of Contents Front Matter Executive Summary Introduction Undersea Vehicle Capabilities and Technologies Vital National Needs Priorities for Future Development Enhancing the Nation's Capacity for Undersea Work and Research Conclusions and Recommendations Appendices A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members B Foreign Developments C Development of Deep Submersible Vehicles in the United States: 1958-1994 D U.S. Government Agencies That Own and/or Use Submersibles Acronyms

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 1996
First published:	November 1996
Authors:	National Research Council • Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences • Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems • Committee on Undersea Vehicles and National Needs
Dimensions:	279 x 216 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	116
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-05384-6
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Shipbuilding technology & engineering > General Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Marine engineering > General
LSN:	0-309-05384-6
Barcode:	9780309053846

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