Shear strength measurement in soft mud deposits: application of GraviProbe and RheoTune

Soft mud deposits are increasingly encountered around the world, from natural offshore deposits and mud layers in estuaries, ports, and waterways to progressively growing leftover from treatment and extraction facilities, mines, and oil refineries. Reliable monitoring of the temporal and spatial strength buildup in such deposits is crucial to...

The resistance of a plate moving through mud: experiments and simulations

Rheological analysis and rheological modelling of mud sediments: What is the best protocol for maintenance of ports and waterways?

Natural mud sediments display complex rheological behaviour like thixotropy, viscoelasticity and yield stress. These rheological characteristics can significantly vary over depth, from one mud layer to another, as each layer can have a different density and composition. Fast and reliable measurements of yield stresses of mud samples are...