Teruyoshi TAKAHARA, Kazuki MATSUMURA and Iwao MIYOSHI
Abstract
Various bedload measurement techniques have been developed so far and they
has been examined. For example, as the indirect measurement technique with sensor,
there is hydrophone. Many studies are performed about it, but various problems
are pointed out. Therefore, it cannot be said that the indirect technique about
bedload measurement is established. And then, we tried bedload measurement with
a radar. Because we placed this study with fundamental experiment, we studied
it in standing water not flowing water. We installed antennas in the water tank
base. And we moved various targets and examined the signal strength change of
radar. It was recognized that the radar caught flowing sand and difference of
relative permittivity change from the result of the experiment. Therefore, we
suggested that bedload measurement with radar was possible.
Key wordsFbedload, radar, bedload measurement, hydrophone, permittivity