E04 – Dredger Bible: Equipment, Pumps & Automation
This course aims to connect soil and fluid mechanics to real dredger hardware, production logic and special techniques, so you can reason through equipment choices, pump and pipeline behaviour, and control logic with confidence.
£299.00
20 hours
Focused, self-paced learning designed to fit around professional schedules.
Online, self-paced
Study online at a pace that fits your schedule.
9 sections
Structured curriculum sections.
English
Language of instruction for this course.
54 lessons
Focused lessons organised into a clear learning path.
Course overview
Designed for: engineering graduates looking for refresher courses in niche expert areas.
Entry requirements: an engineering degree or equivalent experience, plus a basic grounding in mechanics and hydraulics.
What you will learn
Apply soil mechanics concepts to predict how seabed materials behave during dredging.
Use fluid mechanics principles to interpret flow, head loss, and pipeline behavior in dredging systems.
Analyse centrifugal dredge pump performance, cavitation risk, and pump-pipeline operating points.
Compare dredger types, working equipment, and production methods for mechanical and hydraulic dredging.
Evaluate measurement and automation systems used to control dredging processes.
Select appropriate special dredging techniques for rock, contaminated sediment, levelling, and compaction tasks.
Skills and knowledge
Soil mechanics
Fluid mechanics
Dredge pumps
Drive systems
Dredger equipment
Automation
Production analysis
Special techniques
Course curriculum
Introduction
1.1 Welcome
Soil Mechanics Fundamentals
2.1 Soil and Rock Classes
2.2 Density and Packing
2.3 Consistency of Clays
2.4 Effective Stress
2.5 Permeability and Settlement
2.6 Shear Strength in Practice
2.7 Quiz 1
Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals
3.1 Fluid Properties
3.2 Hydrostatics and Buoyancy
3.3 Continuity Equation
3.4 Bernoulli in Pipelines
3.5 Flow Regimes
3.6 Friction and Local Losses
3.7 Quiz 2
Dredge Pump and Drive Systems
4.1 Centrifugal Pump Principle
4.2 Pump Characteristics
4.3 Cavitation and NPSH
4.4 Drive Systems Compared
4.5 Pump-Pipeline Matching
4.6 Series and Parallel Pumps
4.7 Production from Mixture
4.8 Quiz 3
Bucket, Crane and Suction Equipment
5.1 Bucket Dredger Layout
5.2 Bucket Production Logic
5.3 Backhoe Dredge Crane
5.4 Grab Dredge Crane
5.5 Plain Suction Dredger
5.6 Breaching and Jetting
5.7 Hopper Barge Suction
5.8 Quiz 4
CSD and TSHD Equipment
6.1 CSD Main Systems
6.2 Cutter Head Mechanics
6.3 CSD Work Method
6.4 CSD Production Control
6.5 TSHD Main Systems
6.6 Drag Head and Loading
6.7 TSHD Optimization
6.8 Quiz 5
Process Measurement and Automation
7.1 Measured Process Variables
7.2 Pressure and Flow Measurement
7.3 Density and Position Systems
7.4 Recording and Accuracy
7.5 Control Principles
7.6 Automation on Dredgers
7.7 Quiz 6
Special Dredging Techniques
8.1 Why Special Techniques
8.2 Rock Fragmentation
8.3 Contaminated Sediment
8.4 Agitation and Levelling
8.5 Soil Compaction
8.6 Choosing the Technique
8.7 Quiz 7
Summary
9.1 Key Takeaways
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£299.00