The Effect of Multiple Storms on the Stability of Near-Bed Structures

Pipeline covers on the seabed are called near-bed structures which are generally made of rip rap. The crest height of a near-bed structure is such that waves do not break over it. Near-bed structures are used to protect pipelines against fishing equipment, ship anchors, dropped objects and preventing destabilizing of the pipeline. There are two...

Modeling the hydrodynamics and salinity of the Pontchartrain Basin

The area of New Orleans was hit by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. A large part of the city got flooded due to bad design, construction and maintenance of the levee system. In order to increase the level of protection of the city, the levees are heightened and strengthened in the framework of the Hurricane and Storm Damage and Risk Reduction...

Verwijderen van mudcuttings van de zeebodem

Tijdens het offshore boorproces naar olie en gas wordt er een boorspoeling (mud) gebruikt, die onder andere funtioneert als smeermiddel van de boorkop en als transportmedium voor de losgesneden formatie van de bodem van de put naar het boorplatform. Er bestaan verschillende soorten spoeling, de meest voorkomenden zijn de oilbased mud (OBM),...