Western Australia
- Structural Failure of Dredge, Cooljarloo, Australia
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A large suction cutter dredge was used for mineral sands mining at Cooljarloo, Western Australia. The new dredge had been commissioned for just over a year when the hull of the dredge suddenly buckled during mining operations. This structural failure propagated the full width of the hull.
The objective was to determine the cause of the structural failure.