Sensor network for detecting riverbed scour
US8560240B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 6, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE02B17/0017
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A riverbed scour detection system, comprising a wireless sensor network embedded in areas of potential scour. The scour detection network has one or more vertical stacks of sensor nodes placed in the riverbed at known locations. The sensors detect each other, and non detection of a sensor indicates its removal by scour activity.
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