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Dredge carriage in the Haynes Coastal Engineering Laboratory.
The 38th Dredging Engineering Short Course will be held January 12-16, 2009.
The next Cutter Suction Dredge Simulator Short Course will be held January 19-21, 2009
Cutter Suction Dredge Simulator Short Course
A cutter suction dredge simulator course is offered annually in January at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. The short course demonstrates the fundamentals of hydraulic dredging using a cutter suction dredge. Basic concepts of cavitation, deposition of sediment in the pipeline, pipeline length limitations, pump power limitations, and swing winch limitations are simulated. Different sediment conditions and channel currents are also simulated. A PC computer is interfaced to actual controls for a cutter suction dredge.
The instructors for the course are Peter DeJong and Robert Randall. The course includes a training manual. Contact R.E. Randall for additional information: (979) 845-4565, r-randall@tamu.edu.
Download the Application (PDF) and return it with the course registration fee by December 1 to guarantee your position in the class. You can also download a Course Brochure (PDF).
Short-course students getting hands-on simulator experience.
Short-course students getting hands-on simulator experience.
Monday
- INTRODUCTION
- DREDGE HYDRAULICS
- CUTTING AND DREDGE ADVANCE
- SIMULATOR SCENARIOS AND FILES
- SIMULATOR DEMONSTRATION
- SIMULATORS EXERCISE TEXAM 17
- REVIEW OF SIMULATOR EXERCISE 17 RESULTS
Tuesday
- SIMULATOR EXERCISE TEXAM 13 AND 12
- REVIEW OF SIMULATOR EXERCISE 13 AND 12 RESULTS
- SIMULATOR EXERCISE TEXAM 8 AND 14
Wednesday (half day only)
- REVIEW OF SIMULATOR EXERCISE 8 AND 14 RESULTS
- SIMULATOR FINAL EXERCISE (YOUR CHOICE OF DREDGE)
- REVIEW FINAL EXERCISE
- SHORT COURSE CRITIQUIE AND CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION