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Alhaddad, S.M.S. (author), Elerian, M.F.A.I. (author)Turbidity currents have extensively been explored in quiescent environments. However, during several underwater activities (e.g., dredging and deep sea mining), generated turbidity currents could travel in opposite directions and interact with each other, which could largely influence their hydrodynamics and sediment transport capacity....journal article 2024
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de Hoog, E. (author), van der Voort, Tjalie (author), Talmon, A.M. (author), van Rhee, C. (author)Hydraulic transport pipelines in the dredging, mining and deep sea mining are designed using steady-state methods. However, these methods cannot predict density wave formation. Density waves form a risk for pipeline blockages, therefore there is a need to understand and preferably be able to model the process. The density waves studied in...journal article 2024
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't Hart, C.M.P. (author), Morales Napoles, O. (author), Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. (author)Immersed tunnels are positive buoyant structures during installation and negative buoyant after installation. A tunnel is composed of sequential immersed elements that are coupled to each other in joints. Tunnel elements consist of segments which are compressed to each other by longitudinal post-tensioning. After immersion the tunnel is...journal article 2024
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Wang, Bin (author), Zio, Enrico (author), Chen, X. (author), Zhu, Hanhua (author), Guo, Yunhua (author), Fan, Shidong (author)In the dredging industry, the automation and accuracy of the Dredging Perception System (DPS) are vital for operational efficiency and environmental safety. Current DPS implementations face challenges with sensor fault tolerance, leading to system unreliability and increased false alarm rates that can disrupt dredging operations. We propose a...journal article 2024
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A new setup to study the influence of plant growth on the consolidation of dredged cohesive sedimentBarciela Rial, M. (author), Saaltink, Remon M. (author), van Kessel, Thijs (author), Chassagne, C. (author), Dekker, Stefan C. (author), de Boer, Hugo J. (author), Griffioen, Jasper (author), Wassen, Martin J. (author), Winterwerp, J.C. (author)Dredged cohesive sediment is progressively being used for wetland construction. However, little is known about the effect of plant growth during the self-weight consolidation of this sediment. In order to check the feasibility of such a study, a new experimental setup has been constructed. As an example, the effect of Phragmites australis on the...journal article 2023
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Nieuwboer, B.J. (author), van Rhee, C. (author), Keetels, G.H. (author)When dredging rock using a Cutter Suction Dredger the high amount of spillage is problematic, since it prevents an energy efficient removal process. This papers presents a coupled DEM-FVM method to simulate spillage, that can be used for optimizing the design and working method of the Cutter Suction Dredger. In these simulations, the challenge...journal article 2023
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Bakker, Mathijs (author), Coraddu, A. (author), Hijdra, Rolph (author)Autonomous submerged dredging offers numerous benefits, such as reduced ship resistance and lower vacuum requirements for the dredge pumps. However, this method also presents new challenges, such as stability and buoyancy control, which must be addressed to minimize the energy requirements and ensure cost-effectiveness and sustainability. To...journal article 2023
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Nieuwboer, B.J. (author)Due to an increased demand for transport, ships become larger, needing a larger navigable depth. For these reasons a waterway needs to be dredged and a Cutter Suction Dredger is a vessel suitable for this operation.<br/><br/>A Cutter Suction Dredger is a floating vessel which removes sand, clay or soft rock from sea or river beds. It has a...doctoral thesis 2022
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Kirichek, Alex (author), Shakeel, A. (author), Chassagne, C. (author), Gebert, J. (author)In some ports and waterways, hindered (delayed) settling of mud suspended in the water phase can be detected. Hindered settling phenomena are typically linked to a combination of sediment properties, suspended sediment concentration or density, hydrodynamic conditions, presence or absence of organic bridging between mud particles and the...conference paper 2022
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Gebert, J. (author), van Rhees, Floris (author), Shakeel, A. (author), Kirichek, Alex (author), Habdank, Janis (author), Amman, Baerbel (author)Maintenance of the nautical depth in the seaport of Emden, Germany, is achieved by re-circulation of fluid mud using a trailing suction hopper dredger. Continued re-circulation has proven to maintain low settling rates and to keep yield stresses of re-circulated fluid mud below 50-100 Pa, in combination with densities of 1.15- 1.2 t/m³ enabling...conference paper 2022
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- Buffon, P. (author), Uijttewaal, W.S.J. (author), Franca, M.J. (author), Valero Huerta, Daniel (author) conference paper 2022
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Ali, W. (author), Enthoven, D.H.B. (author), Kirichek, Alex (author), Chassagne, C. (author), Helmons, R.L.J. (author)Flocculation between inorganic sediment, salt ions and microscopic organic<br/>matter present in the marine environment might play an important role in the<br/>dynamics of turbidity currents. The ability to predict, understand, and potentially<br/>leverage the effect of flocculation on turbidity currents will help to minimize the<br/>impact of...journal article 2022
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de Hoog, E. (author), van Wijk, J. M. (author), Talmon, A.M. (author), van Rhee, C. (author)Density wave amplification in hydraulic transport pipelines forms a high risk to operational continuity, as density waves can lead to system blockages or centrifugal pump drive failures. Recent experimental research, in pipelines which contain long vertical sections, has shown that density waves can amplify at velocities far exceeding the...journal article 2022
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Barciela Rial, M. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), van Kessel, Thijs (author), Griffioen, Jasper (author), Winterwerp, J.C. (author)Progressively, more dredged sediments are being reused for engineering projects. For example, the Marker Wadden is a new wetland constructed in lake Markermeer, the Netherlands, with dredged cohesive sediments originating from the bed of the lake. Such dredged sediments are often dominated by cohesive sediment particles with varying amounts of...journal article 2022
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Kirichek, Alex (author), Cronin, Katherine (author), de Wit, Lynyrd (author), Meshkati, Ebi (author), Pennekamp, Johan (author), Wijdeveld, Arjan J. (author), Sloff, C.J. (author)Water Injection Dredging (WID) has been successfully applied for removing sediment deposits in reservoirs, which results in an increase of their storage capacity. This dredging method is based on the fluidization of the top sediment layer by pressurized injection of water by a dredging vessel. The fluidized sediment can be transported towards...conference paper 2022
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Wang, Boyao (author), van Rhee, C. (author), Nobel, Arno (author), Keetels, G.H. (author)In dredging, high pressure water jets are commonly applied to assist the mobilization of soil. This work considers the excavation of cohesive soil. The key objective is to predict the development of the cavity in the soil as a function of the undrained shear strength, translation velocity and hydrodynamic pressure of a single nozzle. A...journal article 2021
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Kirichek, Alex (author), Cronin, K (author), de Wit, Lynyrd (author), van Kessel, Thijs (author)The main objective of this chapter is to demonstrate developments in port maintenance techniques that have been intensively tested in major European ports. As regular port maintenance is highly expensive, port authorities are considering alternative strategies. Water Injection Dredging (WID) can be one of the most efficient alternatives. Using...book chapter 2021
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Weij, D. (author)Breaching is an important production mechanism for stationary suction dredgers. It is a process occurring in submerged sandy slopes, which mostly occurs in dense sandy soils with a low permeability. The process is initiated by the formation of a slope under water, whose angle is steeper than the internal friction angle, called the breach face....doctoral thesis 2020
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Kirichek, Alex (author), Rutgers, Ronald (author)As regular maintenance and relocation of sediment deposits are highly expensive, Port authorities seek more efficient solutions for reducing the costs and CO2 emissions of maintenance dredging. One solution, water injection dredging (WID), is carried out for maintaining the sediment deposits which predominantly consist of clay and silt. WID has...journal article 2020
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Zander, F. (author), Heimovaara, T.J. (author), Gebert, J. (author)Purpose: The microbial turnover of sediment organic matter (OM) in ports and waterways impacts water quality, sonic depth finding and presumably also rheological properties as well as greenhouse gas emissions, especially if organic carbon is released as methane. As a consequence, sediment management practices as a whole are affected. This...journal article 2020