Preface Acknowledgements Author Chapter 1 Evolution and Present-Day Types of Underwater Vehicles Chapter 2 Materials for Submarines and Deep-Diving Submersibles Chapter 3 Cylindrical Shells under External Pressure Chapter 4 Interframe Strength of Ring-Stiffened Cylindrical Shells Chapter 5 General Instability of Ring-Stiffened Cylindrical Shells Chapter 6 Collapse of Ring-Stiffened Cylindrical Shells Chapter 7 Truncated Cones and Major Internal Structures Chapter 8 Finite Element Analysis of Submarine Pressure Hulls Chapter 9 Design of Submarine Pressure Hulls Chapter 10 Corrosion and Fatigue of Submarine Structures Chapter 11 Structural Analysis of Deep-Diving Submersibles Chapter 12 Structural Design of Deep-Diving Submersibles Appendix 1: Manned Submersibles Appendix 2: Coefficients for Elastic Buckling of RingStiffened Cylindrical Shells with Initial Distortions Appendix 3: Bessel and Kelvin Functions Appendix 4: Design Equations for Ultimate Strength of RingStiffened Cylindrical Shells and Cones Appendix 5: DTMB Test Specimen Particulars for Spherical Shells Appendix 6: WeighttoDisplacement Ratios (W/Δ) for Rescue and Search DeepDiving Submersibles Appendix 7: European Standard EN 199316 (Selected Extracts) Appendix 8: Design of Spherical Shells According to ASME PHVO12007 Appendix 9: Abbreviations and Acronyms Index.