Dune and alternate bar detection in a laboratory flume using a 3D laser scanner

T. V. De Ruijsscher, S. Dinnissen, B. Vermeulen, P. Hazenberg, A. J.F. Hoitink

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Abstract

Collecting high-precision data of migrating bed forms in flume experiments is often limited by the measurement equipment. With a 3D laser scanner a relatively large area of bed profiling can be monitored with high precision during the experiment. In the present study, the accuracy of such device is studied, applying corrections for internal calibration, path length and refraction. The total measurement error increases with increasing water depth and for water depths larger than 135 mm a filter should be applied to recognize a bed profile. For a sandy bed, application of a LOESS filter with different span widths leads to promising results for both dune and alternate bar patterns.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationRiver Flow - Proceedings of the International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, RIVER FLOW 2016
EditorsGeorge Constantinescu, Marcelo Garcia, Dan Hanes
PublisherCRC Press/Balkema
Pages1086-1091
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781138029132
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
EventInternational Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, RIVER FLOW 2016 - St. Louis, United States
Duration: Jul 11 2016Jul 14 2016

Publication series

NameRiver Flow - Proceedings of the International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, RIVER FLOW 2016

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, RIVER FLOW 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySt. Louis
Period7/11/167/14/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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