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Creates an excellent foundation.
An excellent book for learning about fiberglass/composites. Before reading this book, I had little knowledge about composties, but a desire to learn. The information is presented in a way that anyone can understand it. Aird educates the reader about different fiber types and weaves, resins and resin systems, gel coat, trade tools, safety, and basic lay-up. He also includes information on molds, plugs, and strength/stress -- though I feel these sections make having some hands-on knowledge of composites an asset, which I lack. It is an excellent book that can take you from knowing nothing, to a point where you can talk intelligently about composites with someone in the FRP field. As other reviews have pointed out, this is not a step by step manual; but is probably a prerequisite to actually understanding one. In conclusion: I enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning about fiberglass and composite systems.

Definitely worth the price
I had an interest in getting into Fiberglassing, so i bought this book.As most of the other people who reviewed this book said, it's not a step by step manual, but it offers a very good overview.Good enough that i ended up buying a second copy for a friend.If you have an interest, i would recommend this book.It's worth the price. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automobiles    2. Automotive    3. Automotive - General    4. Composite Materials    5. Glass fibers    6. Material Science    7. Materials    8. Mechanical Properties Of Materials    9. Ocean engineering    10. Reinforced plastics    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Technology    13. Automotive technology    14. Mechanics of solids    15. Reference works    16. Transportation / Automotive / General   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Civil    2. Engineering - Hydraulic    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Coastal engineering    8. Hydraulic engineering    9. Technology / Engineering / Civil   

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One of those bricks to support your career
Seriously, it is thick as a brick, and it is full of facts and formulas and practical advice for engineers. But you should not use this book instead of an engineer--it starts at a too high level. For instance, if you are looking for simple wave equations, look elsewhere. But if coastal engineering is your future, buy this book, borrow it, steal it, whatever you have to do, just get it. I only give it 4 stars since it may loose some readers due to its rather high entry level. But of course, the price suggests that it is an expert book.

Good Book
Good book for engineers, If you are doing coastal projects then you must have this book ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Coastal Engineering    2. Engineering - Civil    3. Engineering - Hydraulic    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Reference    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Land reclamation & drainage    9. Sanitary & municipal engineering    10. Technology / Engineering / Hydraulic   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Oceanography    2. Engineering - Civil    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Engineering - Hydraulic    5. Handbooks & Manuals    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. Marine engineering    8. Ocean Engineering    9. Reference    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Hydraulic engineering    12. Reference works    13. Technology / Engineering / Civil   

Subjects:  1. Coastal Engineering    2. Coastal zone management    3. Coasts    4. Erie, Lake, Region    5. Politics/International Relations    6. Shore protection   

Subjects:  1. Cables, Submarine    2. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    3. Engineering - Hydraulic    4. Fiber Optics    5. Fiber optic cables    6. Ocean Engineering    7. Optical Communication Engineering    8. Optical communications    9. Optics    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Telecommunications    14. Communications engineering / telecommunications    15. Marine engineering    16. Science / Optics   

Subjects:  1. Coastal Engineering    2. Engineering - Civil    3. Engineering - Hydraulic    4. Ocean Engineering    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Marine engineering   

Subjects:  1. Science/Mathematics    2. Technology & Industrial Arts    3. Technology    4. Engineering - Mechanical    5. Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology    6. Offshore engineering    7. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    8. Hydroelectric Power Plants    9. Ocean Engineering    10. Ocean thermal power plants   

Subjects:  1. Coast changes    2. Coastal Engineering    3. Coastal zone management    4. Congresses    5. Engineering - Hydraulic    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Hydraulic engineering   

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Excellent book
I used this book in my civil engineering undergraduate course in coastal engineering and found it to be very useful and relevant to what was being taught. The layout makes each chapter very easy to understand and example problems are very helpful. The authors did a great job in putting this unique text on coastal engineering together. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Coastal engineering    2. Engineering - Hydraulic    3. Mathematical Physics    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building    8. Technology / Engineering / Civil   

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Subjects:  1. Acoustic surface waves    2. Acoustical Engineering    3. Acoustics & Sound    4. Engineering - Civil    5. Numerical solutions    6. Ocean Engineering    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Underwater acoustics    11. Wave equation    12. Wave-motion, Theory of    13. Oceanography (seas)    14. Sound, vibration & waves (acoustics)    15. Technology / Engineering / Civil   

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Required reading for any Marine Engineer!
This book should be on the required reading list for any course on Marine and Coastal Engineering. As Engineers we love the challenge of designing and building sometimes wonderful structures as solutions to perceived engineering problems. While engrossed in the math, the modeling and the logistics, we often neglect to stand back and look at work of the real master of the Marine environment - Mother Nature herself, and the real problem in the majority of these cases, our interference with her naturally engineered structures. This book does that eloquently from an acutely informed point of view. It offers an invaluable engineering counterpoint and shouldn't be dismissed as simply a couple of greens having a cut at the corps!

Bad Corps: Who's Responsible for BAd Coast Policy in the US?
Book: The Corps and the Shore Authors: Orrin H. Pilkey, Katharine L. Dixon Fascinating, harrowing, and definitive
Scourge of developers everwhere, coastal geologist Pilkey is the deepestand most penetrating thinker we have about our complex relationship withthe shoreline. With this book, Pilkey makes public his disgust with theham-handed and over-engineered tactics of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineersand their walling of the American coastline. Read more

Subjects:  1. Army    2. Case studies    3. Coastal engineering    4. Corps of Engineers    5. Engineering - General    6. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    7. Environmental Studies    8. Errors, Scientific    9. Fallacies (Logic)    10. Nature/Ecology    11. Oceans & Seas    12. Public Policy - General    13. Technology    14. United States    15. Nature / Oceans & Seas   

Subjects:  1. Coastal engineering    2. Earth Sciences - Geology    3. Engineering - Civil    4. Engineering - General    5. Engineering - Hydraulic    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Land reclamation & drainage    10. Technology / Engineering / Civil   

Subjects:  1. Cambridge    2. Dept. of Ocean Engineering    3. Keil, Alfred A. H    4. Marine engineering    5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology    6. Ocean engineering    7. Study and teaching (Higher)   

Subjects:  1. Congresses    2. Construction - General    3. Engineering - Civil    4. Ocean engineering    5. Offshore structures    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Offshore engineering   

Subjects:  1. Applied    2. Engineering - Hydraulic    3. Hydrodynamics    4. Ocean Engineering    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Water waves    8. Wave-motion, Theory of    9. Waves & Wave Mechanics    10. Differential equations    11. Fluid mechanics    12. Mathematics / Applied    13. Mathematics for scientists & engineers    14. Mathematics | Applied Mathematics    15. Sanitary & municipal engineering    16. Sound, vibration & waves (acoustics)   

Subjects:  1. Coastal Geomorphology    2. Coastal engineering    3. Earth Sciences - Oceanography    4. Engineering - Hydraulic    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Sea level    8. United States   

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Ocean Engineering Materials Book
This is a great book that is loaded with very useful information. I did a search on it hoping to find an updated edition. I use this book quite often in my Mechanical & Ocean Engineering work. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Handbooks, manuals, etc    2. Materials    3. Ocean engineering    4. Reference    5. Geography    6. Mechanical engineering   

Subjects:  1. Coastal Engineering    2. Coasts    3. Congresses    4. Earth Sciences - Geology    5. Earth Sciences - Oceanography    6. Engineering - Hydraulic    7. Environmental Engineering & Technology    8. Estuarine Oceanography    9. Marine sediments    10. Science    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Oceanography (seas)    13. Science / Geophysics   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Hydraulic    2. Fluid mechanics    3. Ocean Engineering    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Water waves    8. Waves & Wave Mechanics