Dredging and Dredged Material Placement provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of dredging. Robert E. Randall imparts his extensive knowledge of the subject using descriptions, examples, definitions, and problems.

Topics include

• Dredging history;
• Basic fluid mechanics for dredging;
• Dredging equipment;
• Dredge pumps, modeling, and cavitation;
• Characteristics of dredged sediments;
• Pipeline transport of sediments;
• Cutters, dragheads, and buckets;
• Production estimation;
• Dredge instrumentation and automation;
• US environmental laws and permitting process;
• Dredged material placement;
• Contaminated sediments and capping;
• Dredging costs estimation;
• Dredging operations; and
• Dredging research, training, and education.

Randall's book intends to provide a thorough summary of dredging and dredged material placement to interested students, practicing engineers, consultants, and scientists.

About the Author

Robert E. Randall, Ph.D., held the Bauer Professorship of Dredging Engineering from 2010 through 2017 and was the director for the Texas A&M Center for Dredging Studies from 1993 to 2017. Dr. Randall retired from Texas A&M University in August 2020 after 45 years of teaching, research, and service. He is professor emeritus in the Department of Ocean Engineering and a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas.