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Ma, Sebastiaan (author)The Port of Rotterdam experiences large amounts of siltation from the upstream rivers in its basins and canals every year. Furthermore, container vessels increase in size every decade and therefore require a larger navigational depth. These two factors cause the yearly amount of dredged material to increase. Currently, mainly trailing suction...master thesis 2022
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Ma, X. (author), Kirichek, Alex (author), Heller, H.K.J. (author), Draganov, D.S. (author)Fluid mud plays an important role in navigability in ports and waterways. Characterizing and monitoring the seismic properties of the fluid mud can help understand its geotechnical behavior. Estimation of the wave velocities in fluid mud with high accuracy and repeatability enables investigating the behavior of parameters like the yield stress...journal article 2022
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Buisman, M. (author), Martuganova, E.M. (author), Draganov, D.S. (author), Kirichek, Alex (author)Monitoring the nautical depth is vital for the safe passage of water transport. Port authorities worldwide have different navigable depth criteria and use various methods to ensure the safe navigability and manoeuvrability of ships in ports and waterways. These measurements often require a surveying vessel and are limited in repeatability and...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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Goda, Aditya (author)When a ship reaches the shore, the water depth reduces and thus the under-keel clearance also reduces. The ship keel clearance influences the maneuverability of the sailing ship.<br/><br/>In this thesis project, the link between the fluid mud rheology and its density is first investigated. The exponential relation reformulated between the...master thesis 2021
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ten Brummelhuis, Erwin (author)Siltation of fine (cohesive) sediment in navigation channels and harbour basins may cause serious problems for the shipping industry. Intensive maintenance dredging is required to ensure safe shipping traffic. Conventional dredging methods are highly expensive, and therefore port authorities seek for more efficient solutions to reduce costs. One...master thesis 2021
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Leijs, Karin (author)Reducing dredging activities in the harbors brings benefits both economically and environmentally. However, this means that ships may have to sail very close to or even through the mud layer on the seabed, with possible effects on ships’ resistance and manoeuvrability. This study has made a step in understanding these effects on ships’...master thesis 2021
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Shakeel, A. (author), MacIver, Michael R. (author), van Kan, Paul J.M. (author), Kirichek, Alex (author), Chassagne, C. (author)Natural fine-grained suspensions usually exhibit a complex rheological fingerprint – in particular a two-step yielding phenomenon – due to the presence of mineral clay particles and organic matter (often found in a flocculated state). These rheological properties may vary considerably from one location to another due to the differences in mud...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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Draganov, D.S. (author), Ma, X. (author), Buisman, M. (author), Kiers, Tjeerd (author), Heller, H.K.J. (author), Kirichek, Alex (author)In ports and waterways, the bathymetry is regularly surveyed for updating navigation charts ensuring safe transport. In port areas with fluid-mud layers, most traditional surveying techniques are accurate but are intrusive and provide one-dimensional measurements limiting their application. Current non-intrusive surveying techniques are less...book chapter 2021
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- Kirichek, Alex (author), Cronin, Katherine (author), de Wit, Lynyrd (author), Meshkati, Ebi (author), van Keulen, Daan (author), Terwindt, Jarno (author) report 2021
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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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Le, Hoang-Anh (author), Gratiot, Nicolas (author), Santini, William (author), Ribolzi, Olivier (author), Tran, Duc (author), Meriaux, Xavier (author), Deleersnijder, E.L.C. (author), Soares-Frazão, Sandra (author)The Mekong river is one of the largest rivers in the world, which flows through six countries of Southeast Asia (China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam). Its hydro-sedimentary regime is changing rapidly, as a consequence of a regional shift of land use (agriculture, road, etc.), damming, sand mining and climate changes, among...journal article 2020
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Kirichek, Alex (author), Shakeel, A. (author), Chassagne, C. (author)Purpose: Fluid mud layers can be substantial in waterways and they can jeopardise navigation when the ship’s keel comes in its vicinity. The nautical bottom has therefore to be properly characterised. Mud density and yield stress are used as criteria to characterise the nautical bottom. For a decade, measuring these parameters in situ 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
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Ge, Jianzhong (author), Chen, Changsheng (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author), Ke, Keteng (author), Yi, Jinxu (author), Ding, Ping Xing (author)Fluid mud (FM) is a unique sedimentary feature in high-turbidity estuaries, where it can make a rapid contribution to morphodynamics. Insufficient field measurements and fixed-point monitoring lead to deficient understandings of the formation, transport, and breakdown of the FM under extreme weather conditions. A field survey was conducted in...journal article 2020
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Buisman, Menno (author)In this research, a new measuring method to detect shear parameters in fluid mud is proposed, namely using shear waves, or S-waves opposed to the conventional pressure waves, or P-waves. Currently, detecting fluid mud is done by the use of P-waves. This paper shows that conventional P-waves velocity measurements are unsuitable for linking...master thesis 2019
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Borsje, Ruben (author)Demak is a regency within the province of Central Java, Indonesia, with a mud-mangrove coast bordering the Java Sea. The region is facing a rapid retreat of the coastline, threatening the livelihood of a large part of the population. The main cause of the erosion is the deforestation of the green belt of mangroves. This has disturbed the...master thesis 2019
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Bax, Rutger (author)This thesis research has been conducted to analyse the sediment dynamics in the Yangon Estuary, in order to define the cause for the sedimentation in Monkey Point Channel. For years, Yangon Port has been suffering from limited accessibility due to the sedimentation in the channel and currently daily dredging is required in order to let ships...master thesis 2019
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Shakeel, A. (author), Kirichek, Alex (author), Chassagne, C. (author)Purpose: An innovative way to define navigable fluid mud layers is to make use of their rheological properties, in particular their yield stress. In order to help the development of in situ measurement techniques, it is essential that the key rheological parameters are estimated beforehand. Is there only one yield stress? In which shear rate...journal article 2019
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