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Books
 How
to Build Your Own Underwater Robot and Other Wet Projects by Harry Bohm
and Vickie Jensen First published in 1997, revised and updated for 7th printing,
2003.
This book introduces you to the excitement and technology of underwater exploration
and shows you how to use some of that amazing technology to construct simple,
inexpensive underwater projects. The book provides carefully illustrated plans
for building simple diving bells, various underwater gliders and two types of
shallow-diving robots or ROVs. The most basic projects use common household
materials. The more advanced ones require inexpensive materials available at
any local hardware, electronics store or marine store or on the internet.
$20.00 USD; $18.70 CAN
For more details, including sample pages, reviews, ordering information and
bulk order pricing, contact
Westcoast Words
3036 Waterloo Street
Vancouver, BC CANADA V6R 3J6
Phone/Fax: (604) 731-5565
E-mail: info@westcoastwords.com
Coming soon!
Introduction to Underwater Vehicle Design
Expected to be published soon and available through the MATE
Center, this 500-page book covers the following:
Part 1: Introduction
- Chapter 1: Underwater Vehicles-An Overview
- Chapter 2: The Challenge of Working in Water
- Chapter 3: Design Principles
Part 2: Technical Foundations
- Chapter 4: Vehicle Structure and Materials
- Chapter 5: Pressure Hulls and Canisters
- Chapter 6: Buoyancy, Stability and Ballast
- Chapter 7: Moving and Maneuvering
- Chapter 8: Power Systems
- Chapter 9: Control Systems and Navigation
- Chapter 10: Payloads
- Chapter 11: Operations and Support Systems
Part 3: What's to Come?
- Chapter 12: The Future of Underwater Vehicles
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