Many thanks for your advice. Some investigations into the geotechnics of the mud has shown that the friction when compared to the size of the object would be minimal.
Ah that makes a lot of sense. I am assuming that the energy loss of the object is a function of the shear characteristics and most likely the shear strength of the mud. By calculating the shear strength of the mud do you think it would be possible to calculate how much energy was lost and use...
Thanks for getting back to me. It is basically the water current that is moving the object. This object is moving with the current before some change in the sea floor means it is shallower and the object begins to then plough the mud. Current speed remains constant throughout but once it begins...
I am looking for some advice. I am not a physicist but I have a problem that I am unsure of how to solve.
This is the scenario; I have an object that is ploughing through mud on the sea floor at a constant speed of 0.02 m per second. Prior to the contact with the sea mud it was freely moving at...