Low-cost autonomous 3-D monitoring systems for hydraulic engineering environments and applications with limited accuracy requirements

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The details of developing autonomous 3-D motion monitoring systems based on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) motion sensors for hydraulic environments are discussed. Possible areas of application, are river bed sediment transport monitoring and monitoring the agitation and other physical parameters inside milk vats with a mechanized agitator. Simplified calculations of inertial navigation systems (INSs) such as Euler angle method, MATLAB programs for further processing, power management systems for autonomous operation including the possibility of inductive power transfer (IPT) and use of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology are discussed. Experimental results for proof of concept systems are highlighted.

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Kularatna, N., McDowall, J., Melville, B., Kularatna-Abeywardana, D., Hu, A., P. & Dwivedi, A. (2010). Low-cost autonomous 3-D monitoring systems for hydraulic engineering environments and applications with limited accuracy requirements. IEEE Sensors Journal, 10(2), 331-339.

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