The effect of organic matter degradation on the rheological behaviour of natural mud

The nautical bottom is defined as the level where physical characteristics of the bottom reach a critical limit beyond which contact with a ship’s keel causes either damage or unacceptable effects on the controllability and manoeuvrability of ships. The nautical bottom is usually assessed using the density of the bottom fluid mud layer as a...

Effect of movement on the settlement of fluid mud: None

This thesis describes the research about the effect of movement on fluid mud. This was done by exposing several samples of fluid mud from the port of Hamburg to different types of movement for an extended amount of time. It was found that when fluid mud is exposed to kinetic energy of the type used in this experiment, particles will arrange...