Chapter 1. Introduction: The Need for Proper Tools

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Chapter 1. Introduction: The Need for Proper Tools 1
6. Chapter 2. The Organisms 6
7. Chapter 3. An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics 18
8. Chapter 4. An Introduction to Water Waves 31
9. Chapter 5. Wave Theories 45
10. Chapter 6. The Random Sea 72
11. Chapter 7. Breaking and Broken Waves 86
12. Chapter 8. Tides 105
13. Chapter 9. Benthic Boundary Layers 117
14. Chapter 10. Turbulence and Mixing 133
15. Chapter 11. Hydrodynamic Forces 154
16. Chapter 12. Properties of Biological Materials 176
17. Chapter 13. Static Beam Theory 195
18. Chapter 14. Dynamic Beam Bending 212
19. Chapter 15. Adhesion 228
20. Chapter 16. Structural Wave Exposure 238
21. Chapter 17. Mechanical Determinants of Size and Shape 263
22. Chapter 18. Whither Hence? 280
23. Chapter 19. Techniques of Measurement 282
24. Appendix: List of Symbols 309
25. Literature Cited 313
26. Index 321