Ocean engineering is a field of study that
can be vaguely defined as an advanced part of the other marine technology
studies like maritime engineering or offshore engineering or marine electronic
technology. If defined in detail, it would be mentioned as a branch of
technological studies that deals with the design and operations of man-made
systems in the ocean and other marine bodies. However it should not be confused
with oceanography as is a common problem. This is because oceanography is the
study of the natural aspects of the oceans and their dynamics, but not the
artificial influence.
In the present book, fifteen typical
literatures about Oceanographic Engineering published on international
authoritative journals were selected to introduce the worldwide newest
progress, which contains reviews or original researches on Oceanicengineering ,
Marinecareers , Ocean Energy, Tidal Current Energy, etc. We hope this book can
demonstrate advances in oceanographic engineering as well as give references to the
researchers, students and other related people.