Development of a Device for Monitoring Erosion in the Field

Monitoring erosion is an important part of understanding the causes of this geotechnical and geological phenomenon. In order to monitor them, it is necessary to develop equipment that is sophisticated enough to resist the sun and water without damage, that is self-mechanized, and that can support th...

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出版年:Micromachines
主要な著者: Thiago Augusto Mendes, Juan Félix Rodriguez Rebolledo, Sávio Aparecido dos Santos Pereira, Marcus Vinicius Miguel de Oliveira, Klebber Teodomiro Martins Formiga
フォーマット: 論文
言語:英語
出版事項: MDPI AG 2024-07-01
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オンライン・アクセス:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/15/7/880
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要約:Monitoring erosion is an important part of understanding the causes of this geotechnical and geological phenomenon. In order to monitor them, it is necessary to develop equipment that is sophisticated enough to resist the sun and water without damage, that is self-mechanized, and that can support the amount of data collected. This article introduces a rain-triggered field erosion monitoring device composed of three main modules: control, capture, and sensing. The control module comprises both hardware and firmware with embedded software. The capture module integrates a camera for recording, while the sensing module includes rain sensors. By filming experimental soil samples under simulated rain events, the device demonstrated satisfactory performance in terms of activation and deactivation programming times, daytime image quality without artificial lighting, and equipment protection. The great differences about this monitoring device are its ease of use, low cost, and the quality it offers. These results suggest its potential effectiveness in capturing the progression of field erosive processes.
ISSN:2072-666X