Measurement Science and Technology · 1990 · 18 citations · 20 references
Natural ResourcesEarth SciencesInstrumentationSediment TransportSedimentologySediment AnalysisSediment DynamicsSediment FluxSediment PropertiesSediment SamplingSedimentation TechniquesCapacitance MeasurementCapacitance Measurement TechniquesInstrumentation System DesignSediment CharacterizationSediment SuspensionSedimentation AnalysisSuspension SamplingSuspensions
The authors describe a novel instrumentation system capable of measuring the particle volume fraction and solids flux of optically opaque suspensions undergoing sedimentation. Two independent but complementary measurement techniques-capacitance and pressure-are integrated into the system.
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