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Ocean Engineering Reference Books
You can search for resources in the catalog using the keyword "ocean engineering" and other technical terms, or you can browse through the shelves of the Reference Collection. Ocean engineering books will be filed under TC in the regular stacks on the second level of the library.
A large number of the ocean engineering items in the catalog will be thesis documents; if the book you find is listed as being in the URI Archives, it is likely a thesis.
These are some examples of ocean engineering books from the reference section.
The engineering handbook by
Call Number: URI Reference TA151 E424 2005ISBN: 0849315867Brief explanatory articles on topics across the whole spectrum of engineering. Heavy use of formulae and diagrams, but also a fair amount of textual explanation of basic topics. An excellent place to start.Eshbach's handbook of engineering fundamentals by
Call Number: URI Reference TA151 E8 2009ISBN: 9780470085783Little explanation, but large numbers of physical data tables, lists of symbols and standard units, and brief definitions of terms. Very little on industry or manufacturing.
Handbook of Coastal Engineering by Call Number: URI Ref TC205 H33 2000ISBN: 0071344020Publication Date: 2000Contains discussions of standard issues in coastal engineering and includes equations and formulas for solving them.Standard handbook of engineering calculations by
Call Number: URI Ref TA332 S73 2005ISBN: 0071427937Common applied problems in 13 engineering disciplines and step-by-step solutions.
