A LOW COST IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SETTLING-TUBE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE FOR SAND GRANULOMETRY |
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| A. Papalazarou, K. Albanakis, Th. Laopoulos |
- Abstract:
- The settling-tube measurement technique is implemented by an experimental setup developed and tested for low-cost automated sand granulometry. The measurement is based on monitoring very small pressure variations created by samples of sand as they settle down in a water-filled cylinder. The pressure variations are monitored by low cost air-pressure differential transducers in an appropriate experimental setup which monitors air pressure variations caused by water pressure variations. It is shown that this low-cost automated approach manages to calculate properly size distribution and other statistical parameters of sand samples efficiently and quickly offering thus an attractive alternative to the traditional sheaving method.
- Download:
- IMEKO-TC19-2010-112.pdf
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- Event details
- IMEKO TC:
- TC19
- Event name:
- Instrumentation for the Information and Communication Technology Era
- Title:
- 3rd IMEKO TC19 Symposium (together with 17th IMEKO TC4 Symposium & 15th International Workshop on ADC Modelling and Testing)
- Place:
- Kosice, SLOVAKIA
- Time:
- 08 September 2010 - 10 September 2010