Miscellaneous methods for determination of unfrozen water content in frozen soils

S Feng, J Chen, SB Jones, G Flerchinger, M Dyck… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Frozen soil is a complex four-phase porous medium consisting of soil solid/rock, air,
unfrozen/liquid water and ice at the subzero temperatures. Freeze-thaw cycles change the …

Towards urban drainage sediment accumulation monitoring using temperature sensors

M Regueiro-Picallo, J Anta, A Naves… - … : Water Research & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sewer sediments are among the main concerns related to urban drainage system
management as they represent the largest contribution of suspended solid loads during …

Combining a daily temperature pattern analysis and a heat-pulse system to estimate sediment depths in sewer systems

M Regueiro-Picallo, J Langeveld, H Wei… - … : Water Research & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Sediments in urban drainage systems (UDS) significantly impact their operation, so effective
strategies are required to reduce their negative effects. Monitoring sediment accumulation …

High-resolution monitoring of scour using a novel fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing device: A proof-of-concept laboratory study

R Hatley, M Shehata, C Sayde, C Castro-Bolinaga - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Scour events can severely change the characteristics of streams and impose detrimental
hazards on any structures built on them. The development of robust and accurate devices to …

Characterizing soil water content variability across spatial scales from optimized high-resolution distributed temperature sensing technique

M Shehata, P Gentine, N Nelson, C Sayde - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Fiber-optic Distributed Temperature Sensing, when combined with the Single-probe
Heat-pulse technique can measure soil moisture (θ) across spatial scales. The key limitation …

Sensitivity study of thermal response test using resistively heated methods under various setups

B Zhang, K Gu, B Wang, P Zhao, B Shi - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal response tests employing resistively heated methods (TRT-RH) have shown
advanced performance in evaluating ground properties, while the effect of various TRT-RH …

Analysis of thermal dilution experiments with distributed temperature sensing for fractured rock characterization

M Klepikova, B Brixel, D Roubinet - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal dilution experiments with Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing (FO-DTS)
were conducted at the In-situ Stimulation and Circulation (ISC) rock laboratory, at the …

High-resolution monitoring of soil infiltration using distributed fiber optic

C Sun, CS Tang, F Vahedifard, Q Cheng, A Dong… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Monitoring the infiltration process in soil is of great importance in various fields. However,
the majority of existing infiltration monitoring methods have certain limitations that hinder …

Improvement and Performance Evaluation of a Dual-Probe Heat Pulse Distributed Temperature Sensing Method Used for Soil Moisture Estimation

JC Yao, B Shi, J Liu, MY Sun, K Fang, J Yao, K Gu… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Large-scale measurements of soil moisture play a critical role in many fields, such as
agriculture, hydrology, and engineering. The distributed temperature sensing (DTS) …

Measuring heat transfer processes in gully pots for real-time estimation of accumulated sediment depths

M Regueiro-Picallo, A Moreno-Rodenas… - … : Water Research & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The accumulation of sediments in stormwater systems negatively affects their functioning.
For example, the re-suspension of these sediments can lead to serious pollution of surface …