Design and Research of Square Self-Balance Mud Gates of Trailing Suction Dredgers
Trailing suction dredger is a kind of important waterborne equipment for port dredging,dredger-fill reclamation and deep-sea sand extraction.As a key dredging device on dredgers,mud gate plays an important role in dredging works.In general,cone mud gate or double-row square mud gate are installed on the traditional trailing suction dredgers.With the development of science,technology and equipment design capacities,self-balance square mud gate is designed abroad.The traditional mud gate and new one are compared and analyzed,including the design principle,process and application detail of the latter one.