Low-Cost Autonomous 3-D Monitoring Systems for Hydraulic Engineering Environments and Applications With Limited Accuracy Requirements

Author

Kularatna, Nihal ; Mc Dowall, James ; Melville, Bruce ; Kularatna-Abeywardana, Dulsha ; Hu, Aiguo Patrick ; Dwivedi, Ambuj

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Volume

10

Issue

2

fYear

2010

Firstpage

331

Lastpage

339

Abstract

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.

Keywords

hydraulic systems; inertial navigation; mechanical engineering computing; microsensors; Euler angle method; agitation monitoring; autonomous 3D motion monitoring systems; commercial off-the-shelf motion sensors; hydraulic engineering; inductive power transfer; inertial navigation systems; microelectromechanical systems; power management systems; river bed sediment transport monitoring; Condition monitoring; Dairy products; Energy management; Inertial navigation; MATLAB; Rivers; Sediments; Sensor systems; Systems engineering and theory; Technology management; Autonomous 3-D monitoring; Euler angle method; inductive power transfer; inertial navigation systems (INSs); microelectromechanical systems (MEMS);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Sensors Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1530-437X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSEN.2009.2034294

Filename

5361425