Model Verification with FlowTracker Handheld ADV
The Hydraulics Laboratory at Colorado State University, in
Fort Collins, Colorado, includes extensive facilities capable of operating
numerous physical models. The laboratory undertakes modeling projects looking
at issues including erosion, sediment transport, and structure design.
In a recent project, a physical model was constructed to
study a portion of the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. The goal of the
study is to examine the feasibility of a diversion structure that would minimize
the upstream floodplain boundary while maintaining the required amount of
diversion flow. Of importance in determining these objectives is the hydraulics
of the flow upstream and through the diversion structure. To obtain the
hydraulics, a variety of equipment was used including a SonTek FlowTracker
Handheld Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter. The FlowTracker (left) was used to collect
two-dimensional flow velocities within the areas of interest.
Details about this SonTek/YSI product can be found at:
