Multiple Camera Large-Scale Particle Image Velocimetry Feasibility for Rivers in Alaska
Publication: Journal of Cold Regions Engineering
Volume 37, Issue 2
Abstract
In hydro-environmental and natural resource studies, Alaska is characterized by sparse hydrologic data. The state’s hydrologic data set could be increased by using a nonintrusive gauging method, large-scale particle image velocimetry (LSPIV), which is limited in its current application to a single camera. This study seeks to assess the feasibility of using multiple cameras to diversify the conditions in which LSPIV may be applied. Using specialized software and the deployment of multiple cameras, we compared multiple-camera LSPIV discharge measurements with those determined by using an RDI River Pro acoustic Doppler current profiler and accepted single-camera practices used with LSPIV. The results indicate the feasibility of using multiple cameras, with additional work. Furthermore, the data indicate the possibility of an empirical relationship between the velocity index (α) and aspect ratio (B/H, width divided by average depth).
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Acknowledgments
We thank the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, and the National Institutes for Water Resources for funding this study. We are also grateful to the Associate Editor and two anonymous reviewers who provided comments that significantly improved the final manuscript.
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Journal of Cold Regions Engineering
Volume 37 • Issue 2 • June 2023
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Received: Jun 11, 2021
Accepted: Nov 9, 2022
Published online: Jan 31, 2023
Published in print: Jun 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Jul 1, 2023
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Cameras
- Computational fluid dynamics technique
- Computer programming
- Computer software
- Computing in civil engineering
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Environmental engineering
- Equipment and machinery
- Feasibility studies
- Fluid dynamics
- Fluid mechanics
- Hydrologic data
- Hydrologic engineering
- Hydrology
- Materials engineering
- Methodology (by type)
- Natural resources
- Particles
- Research methods (by type)
- River engineering
- Rivers and streams
- Water and water resources
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