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Powered submersibles have enabled the exploration of lake and ocean depths, and are used extensively for inspection of drilling rigs and offshore pipelines. Their potential for the discovery of undersea mineral resources is widely acknowledged. The design of such vehicles poses many problems not encountered with land-based systems: for example, normal pressures are very large, and many structural elements are extremely sensitive to initial geometric imperfections. Following a review of the history and development of submersibles, each chapter concentrates on a specific geometric design. Th

Submersibles --- Shells (Engineering) --- Design and construction. --- Structural shells --- Elastic plates and shells --- Structural analysis (Engineering) --- Plates (Engineering) --- Submergibles --- Undersea vehicles --- Underwater vehicles --- Vehicles