ACOUSTIC CAMERA SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LARGE SCALE FLOW ANALYSIS IN TURBID FIELD ENVIRONMENTS

In one embodiment, a field-deployable acoustic camera system is provided for measuring a two-dimensional velocity field in a large scale flow in a turbid environment. The system includes an acoustic camera and a concentrator lens. The concentrator lens operates to reduce a spreading angle of the aco...

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Main Authors McFall, Brian C, Young, David L, Bryant, Duncan B, Welp, Timothy L
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 09.07.2020
Subjects
MEASURING
MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL
METERING BY VOLUME
PHYSICS
TESTING
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Summary:In one embodiment, a field-deployable acoustic camera system is provided for measuring a two-dimensional velocity field in a large scale flow in a turbid environment. The system includes an acoustic camera and a concentrator lens. The concentrator lens operates to reduce a spreading angle of the acoustic camera. The system is configured to apply planar cross-correlation velocimetry to collected images of native micro-bubble and/or suspended particle motion collected in turbid environments such as lake circulation, riverine, estuarine, and coastal flows, as well as turbid flows that occur near dredging operations.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201916242882