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Measurement of particle sizes and settling velocities of fine sediment based on PTV

  

  • Online:2018-07-25 Published:2018-07-25

Abstract: The traditional measurements of the particle sizes and settling velocities of fine sediment need to be improved. This paper describes a method for the measurements adopting PTV technique. We conduct an experiment on the settling of non-flocculating fine particles, analyze the threshold for image binarization, and suggest that using a constant threshold replaces Otsu’s method. A set of particle matching parameters are selected by particle grade, image resolution, and sampling frequency, and the particle size and settling velocity are corrected using the Stokes formula to ensure a good accuracy of the measurements. In general, PTV is a feasible technique for measuring particle sizes and settling velocities of fine sediment, and this work lays a basis for further study.

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