Delft Sand, Clay & Rock Cutting Model

In dredging, trenching, (deep sea) mining, drilling, tunnel boring and many other applications, sand, clay or rock has to be excavated. This book gives an overview of cutting theories. It starts with a generic model, which is valid for all types of soil (sand, clay and rock) after which the specific...

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Place / Publishing House:[Place of publication not identified] : TU Delft Open, [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Basic Soil Mechanics
  • Chapter 3: The General Cutting Process
  • Chapter 4: Which Cutting Mechanism for Which Kind of Soil?
  • Chapter 5: Dry Sand Cutting
  • Chapter 6: Saturated Sand Cutting
  • Chapter 7: Clay Cutting
  • Chapter 8: Rock Cutting: Atmospheric Conditions
  • Chapter 9: Rock Cutting: Hyperbaric Conditions
  • Chapter 10: The Occurrence of a Wedge
  • Chapter 11: A Wedge in Dry Sand Cutting
  • Chapter 12: A Wedge in Saturated Sand Cutting
  • Chapter 13: A Wedge in Clay Cutting
  • Chapter 14: A Wedge in Atmospheric Rock Cutting
  • Chapter 15: A Wedge in Hyperbaric Rock Cutting
  • Chapter 16: Exercises
  • Chapter 17: Bibliography
  • Chapter 18: Figures & Tables
  • Chapter 19: Appendices