THE INFLUENCE OF ADHESION ON CUTTING PROCESSES IN DREDGING

Dredging Processes I: The Cutting of Sand, Clay & Rock - Theory

This book gives an overview of cutting theories. It starts with a generic model, which is valid for all types of soil (sand, clay and rock) after which the specifics of dry sand, water saturated sand, clay, rock and hyperbaric rock are covered. For each soil type small blade angles and large blade angles, resulting in a wedge in front of the...