Internship or graduation project Sand Laboratory

Job description

We offer you an Ocean of Possibilities . Join our family. The role: The objective of the proposed internship or graduation project is to review the characteristics of different soil types and the behavior of pump-pipeline systems. Key accountabilities: Dredging equipment is subject to harsh conditions. Exposure to maritime, saline environments is already demanding for most steel structures. In addition, the dredging process itself and the way the equipment is operated and maintained pose extra challenges to the design of the equipment. The performance of e.g. a cutter or dredge pump is highly depending on the soil (mixture) that is processed. Our clients are interested in the production of the equipment for their specific dredging project, however they often lack sufficient knowledge to predict this. The RD&I department of Damen Dredging Equipment (DDE) owns different types of test facilities, a.o. a sand laboratory. The available equipment is used to determine weight, density, grain size distribution etc. of sand samples. A software tool called ProDredge has been developed by DDE to predict the flow, head and sand production given a soil type, pipe system and pump. Projects envisa...