Dredging Technology
by Van der Schrieck
Understanding the world of sand and water
Glossary of Dredging Technology Book 1
accuracies: calculating with 10-2
accuracy. depth measurement 8-12
adaptor 2-1-8 / 2-1-17
agitation dredging 1-8
air-lift 5-1
angle of friction between soil and steel 4-1-6
apparent transport concentration 5-63
arc of swing CSD 2-1-2
auger dredger 1-7
automatic ‘slope profiler’ 2-1-6
beach nourishment 15-6
beneficial use of low quality dredged material 15-2
best efficiency point bep pump 5-21
Bingham fluid in laminar zone 5-68
blade angles β pump 5-20
blade shape: influence of the cutting blade in clay 4-3-8
blockage 1-13
bluntness 2-1-12
Bollard pull 2-2-5
booster position 5-103
borrow area 15-2
Bottom depth statistics “Conditional Mean” 10-7
bottom disk cutter 1-6
bow thrusters 2-1-17
box anchor 2-1-15
breaching of sand 4-2-1
brittleness of rock 4-4-5
Bruhl: effect of fine fraction on pipeline resistance 5-78
bucket dredger 1-2
bulking factor 7-2
bund at fill area15-6
calcium content and calcareous sand 7-7
capital dredging 3-2
cavitation zone in cut layer of sand 4-1-15
cavitation 5-26
centrifugal dredge pump 5-2
characteristics of a centrifugal pump 5-8
chip forming cutting process clay 4-3-3
chute above hopper 6-3
classification systems 7-10
clay balls: example calculation pipeline resistance 5-86
clay: cutting process in clay 4-3-1
compaction , degree of 7-5
compressive strength
compaction dynamic/explosive 15-13
cone plate with suction mouth for cutter
concentration 5-61
containment bund under water 15-9
constant power: characteristic for constant power drive 5-41
constant volume cvs versus constant tonnage cts 6-15
conveyor belt
correlation of soil parameters 7-19
cost estimate processes remedial dredging 14-2
cost estimating for dredging projects 11-1
cost estimation: sample costing of beach nourishment. 11-10
cost items in the proposal 11-3
crack formation in rock, effect water depth 4-4-9
crack forming cutting process clay 4-3-3
crew expenses 11-7
crew structure of a large csd and tshd 11-14
critical velocity: influence of the concentration on 5-83
cutter suction dredger (csd) 2-1-1
Cutter head 2-1-8
Cutter head drive 2-1-14
cutting clay 4-3-1
cutting rock 4-4-1
cutting sand 4-1-1
deformation rate: influence of in clay 4-3-7
degree of loading D 6-8
degree of saturation 7-1
density 7-2
density critical density 7-9
density measurement in harbour mud 8-17
density meter in pipeline 2-2-6
density of the settled sand in hopper 6-8
depositing and dumping 1-14
depreciation, interest, maintenance and repair 11-5
depth measurement 8-12
diesel engine 5-33
diesel: characteristic for diesel driven pump 5-36
diffuser: close submerged with siphon effect 6-17
dilatancy 4-1-5
dimensionless indicators 13-4
discharge pressure behind the pump 5-93
discharging sand under water scaling 13-8
discharging the load tshd 2-2-10
drag head 2-2-4
drainage wheel
dredge pumps in series on one suction dredger 5-103
dredge wheel 1-5
dredger types 1-1
dredgers 2-1-1
dredging mark 2-2-8
dredging process 1-12
dredging projects 3-1
Durand: pipeline resistance formula 5-72
dustpan suction mouth 3-2
dynamic soil mechanics 1-16
dynamic soil mechanics 7-5
echo sounder 8-13
ejector 5-5
electrical motor 5-42
electrical shaft 5-32
environmental dredging projects examples 14-10
environmental factors hopper loading 6-16
environmentally safe dredging' and 'remedial dredging' 14-3
environmental monitoring 3-6
equivalent resistance length 5-65
erosion and sedimentation on the breach 4-2-12
erosion/pick-up function according to van Rijn (1993) 4-2-14
erosion/pick-up function for 1-3 m/s 4-2-16
erosion velocity at high v according to van Rhee (2010) 4-2-19
erosion of sand 4-2-1
erosion velocity formula 4-2-17 and 4-2-21 and 4-2-22
estimate of project durations using Monte Carlo simulation 12-9
estimate of uptime using the wave scatter diagram 12-7
estimating dredging project costs 11-1
examples tolerances 10-3
excavating and loosening 1-12
excavation 4-1-1
fall velocity w of a grain 5-59
fill area , open or closed 15-5
fill slope under and above water 15-11
fines , washing out of 15-4
Floating pipeline 15-14
flow dredging 1-11
flow velocity measuring stick 5-56
foreword i-iii
fracture state and weathering 7-15
fragment forming cutting process clay 4-3-3
free fall weir 6-18
Führböter : pipeline resistance according to führböter 5-79
fuel consumption 2-2-3 / 5-33
fuel: costs for fuel and lubricants 11-8
full fuel zone 5-35
fume limit in P-Q diagram 5-111
fume limit 5-34
gps and dgps positoning fixing 8-7
grain diameter characteristic 5-59
grain size influence on pump characteristics 5-23
grain size classification on grain size 7-11
grain stresses and hydrostatic pressures 7-5
grating
grit stress 4-4-9
hardfacing , use to sharpen blade 4-1-8
hard metal insert (Bit) 2-1-20
hatch for inspection
headwall velocity formula 4-2-6
homogeneous turbulent flow 5-64
hopper design. 6-16
hopper efficiency 6-9
hopper settling process 6-9
hopper: mass and volume of the hopper contents 6-7
Hopper load 6-10
hub 2-1-8
hydraulic filling ii 15-1
hydraulic lifting and transporting 5-1
hydrostatic pressures rock: influence of 4-4-7
ideal settling basin 6-19
impeller diameter d and width b pump 5-18
insurance expenses 11-8
interaction between pump and pipeline 5-89
Jufin: pipeline resistance according to jufin-lopatin 5-75
Koning's (de) density flow model 6-25
laminar: homogeneous laminar flow 5-66
limitation by hman when pumping water 5-98
limitation by maximum power or torque of the drive mechanism 5-97
liquid ring pump 5-4
loading a trailing suction dredger 6-3
loading rate hopper 6-7
loading rate rock: influence of 4-4-7
loading system tshd 2-19
loading the hopper 2-2-8
loading: degree of loading D 6-8
maintenance dredging 3-1
manometric head demand by the pipeline 5-94
material properties hopper loading 6-9
Matousek's expansion of Wilson's two-layer theory. 5-87
maximum vacuum and q-critical 5-96
mixture density 5-40
mixture flow behaviour at the toe of the slope 4-2-17
mixture flow through a pipe 5-57
mixture formation 1-13
motion of a cutter suction dredger 12-5
motion of a trailing suction hopper dredger 12-4
multi beam echo sounder 8-16
multi staggered tooth arrangement 2-1-11
net positive suction head; npsh 5-28
newtonian fluid in laminar zone 5-67
Normal distributed bottom depth 10-6
NPSH: cavitation, npsh and maximum vacuum 5-26
optical position fixing systems 8-2
optimising cycle production hopper 6-5
overcutting 2-1-12
overdepth: paid and unpaid overdepth 10-1
overflow loss 6-8
peat
permeability sand 4-1-6 and 13-6
pipeline characteristics 5-90
pipeline resistance for extremely coarse-grained material 5-84
pipeline resistance for heterogeneous soil-water 5-72mixtures 5-72
pipeline resistance for homogeneous mixtures 5-64
pipeline transport influence of the grain properties 5-59
pipeline transport theory 5-55
pivoting point of the cutter ladder 2-1-5
plane of shear forming cutting process clay 4-3-3
plane of shear in sand 4-1-9
plastic cutting process in clay 4-3-2
plough 1-10
plug flow 5-68
pore water rock: influence of 4-4-7
Pore number e and pore content n 7-1
position fixing 8-1
post-breaching spillage 2-1-5
power: characteristics for constant power and torque pump 5-22
production 5-108
production analysis by means of the P-Q diagram 5-111
production as a function of the discharge distance 5-109
production calculation for a CSD in clay 4-3-8
production capacity of TSHD 11-12
production costs 11-4
production determining factors 1-17
production of a cutter suction dredger 2-1-16
project expenses 11-9
projects: photo impression of some dredging projects 3-6
pulley 2-2-2
pump characteristic influence of the drive mechanism 5-32
pump characteristic. 5-11
pumps and drive mechanisms 5-1
quality improving of sand at the borrow area15-4
radio positioning systems 8-4
rainbow technique 3-5
reclamation area overflow (weir box)
regulator 5-34
relationship between soil properties and
dredging processes 7-5
reclamation 15-1
reeve (a cable)
relative density Dr 7-3
relative density improvement reclaimed sand 15-13
remedial dredging 14-1
Rest load trailing suction hopper dredger 6-2
Rhee's (van) 1dv and 2dv sedimentation models 6-26
road project reclamation 15-10
rock classification on rock origin and formation 7-15
rock failure behaviour 4-4-5
rock properties 4-4-11
rock: cutting process in rock 4-4-1
rotary current motor 5-46
rotational speed n pump 5-16
sand pit production practical considerations 4-2-11
sand: cutting process in sand 4-1-1
sand pit suction production 4-2-8
saturation: degree of saturation 7-1
scale modelling of dredging processes 13-1
scale tests with dredgers 13-1
scaling concepts 13-2
scaling dredging processes 13-5
scaling factors and scaling rules 13-2
sciences related to dredging 1-16
Segregation of fines 15-7
self emtying TSHD: optimising cycle-production 6-6
Settling : models of hopper settling process 6-19
Settlement beacon 15-5
settling definitions and concepts 6-7
settling: hindered settling by concentration 6-11
settling pond 15-9
Shearplane angle β 4-1-10
Shields parameter 4-2-14
silt content /proportion of fines 7-9
silt trap 15-8
similarity: geometrical and dynamic similarity 13-3
slope: breaching process on a slope at angle β 4-2-5
slope stability suction pit 15-3
snifter 15-14
soft clay or mud 15-1
soil mechanical aspects of dredging 7-1
soil parameters relevant for dredging processes 7-1
specific energy of rock 4-4-13
specific energy: cutting sand 4-1-18
spillage and turbidity 14-4
spud carriage 2-1-2
stability 7-6
staggered teeth positioning 2-1-10
storm surge barrier rotterdam 3-2
study guidelines iv
suction emptying system
suction formula 5-92
suction mouth 2-1-1
suction tube 1-13
surcharge 15-2
survey results: the presentation of survey results 8-19
survey: position fixing and depth measurement 8-1
suspension: determining the suspension parameter S 14-7
swell compensator 2-2-2
siphon effect 6-17
tds example calculation 9-4
tolerances 10-1
tongue / end piece 5-6
tons dry solids (tds) production measurement system 9-1
tooth changing time interval , calculation optimum 2-1-24
trailing suction hopper dredger (tshd) 2-2-1
transport concentration 5-62
transport factor 5-62
trunnion bend in suction tube TSHD 2-2-4
turbidity: maximum requirements on turbidity 14-9
turbocharger 5-34
under water position systems. 8-10
undercutting 2-1-12
units in the dredging industry 1-12
unpaid overdepth volume calculation 10-6
unworkable situations 12-1
vacuum 5-27
vacuum limit 5-111
vacuum demand at the suction side of the pump 5-90
vacuum the maximum allowable vacuum 5-29
vacuum: influence available vacuum on production 5-108
Valve
vane / blade 5-6
variable overflow: optimising cycle-production 6-5
velocity meter in pipeline 2-2-6
vibratory compaction 15-13
volumetric concentration 5-61
volute / spiral gap 5-6
wear plate 5-6
water content 7-2
water injection dredging using a tshd 2-2-12
water jet pump theory (ejector pump) 5-49
water jet theory 1-18
water overpressure gauge at reclamation area15-5
wave data 12-2
wear 7-9 / 11-6
wearing surface of a tooth 2-1-17 / 4-4-2
weathering of rock 7-17
weekly production costs for main plant 11-9
weir box 15-8
width of cut ; ‘minimum’ 2-1-6
Wilson pipeline resistance according to 5-81
winch (side wire) 2-1-1
workability 12-1
workability determining the workability 12-7
workable wave heights and flow velocities dredgers 12-7
working methods csd 2-1-3
working points of a centrifugal pump. 5-8
working range with the working points 5-95
Yagi's one-dimensional sediment-diffusion model 6-21