Handbook of dredging engineering
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Handbook of dredging engineering
McGraw-Hill, c1992
Available at 1 libraries
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Includes bibligraphical references and indexes
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Description
Contains information on today's theory and practice of dredging engineering, including up-to-date facts on equipment and how to choose the right machinery for a given job, major dredging methods, new data on handling dredge spoil - a critical environmental problem, dredging project management and planning and coverage on dredging inland waterways, navigation channels, underwater construction and offshore facilities.
Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction.Part II: Basic Fluid Mechanics.Part III: Dredge Pumps.Theory and Application of Centrifugal Pumps.Elements of Dredge Pump Design.Model Testing of Pumps.Pump Characteristics.Cavitation of Dredge Pumps.Gas Effect and Removal.Part IV: Equipment.Dredging Equipment (Mechanical, Hydraulic Suction [Including Cutterhead, Hopper, Other, and Special Equipment for Contaminated Soils]).Barges.Tug and Work Boats.Survey Boats.Part V: Sediment.Sediment Characteristics.Classification Systems.Soil Investigation in Site.Materials in Disposal Areas.Sediment Sampling.Settlement.Consolidation.Part VI: Pipeline Transport of Solids.Regimes of Settlement Flow.Methods to Calculate Friction Losses.Types of Pipe.Part VII: Dredging Methods.River.Estuaries.Open Water.Operating Characteristics of Cutterhead Dredges.Part VIII: Disposal of Dredged Material.Open Water.Confined.Management Strategies.Construction of Dredged Material Islands for Wildlife.Productive Use of Dredged Materials.Part IX: Environmental Effects of Dredging.Re-Suspension of Sediment While Dredging.Placement of Dredged Material (Open Water, Confined).Regulatory Criteria (Environmental Impact Statements, Permit System).Part X: Instrumentation and Automation.Flow and Velocity Meters.Density Meters.Production Meters.Part XI: Project Planning.Preliminary Studies (Site Investigations.Surveying.Project Layout.Volume Calculations).Plans.Specifications.Regulations.Management (Production Measurement.Reports).Part XII: References.
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