title: Application of magnetoelastic sensors for quantifying sediment deposition rates and sizes.
abstract: This paper describes the application of magnetoelastic sensors for quantifying the size and deposition rate of sediment samples in costal areas, lakes, and rivers. The magnetoelastic sensor, which is made of inexpensive amorphous ferromagnetic alloy, measures parameters of interest by tracking the changes in its resonant frequency and/or amplitude. Since an increase in mass loading on the sensor surface changes its resonant frequency and amplitude, the deposition rate of sediment particles can be determined in real time by tracking these two quantities. Based on a theoretical model, the size distribution of the sediment particles was also estimated from the deposition rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, USA.
authors.forename: Ee
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lim Tan
authors.forename: Ranyuan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Craig A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Grimes
authors.forename: Keat
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ghee Ong
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D004548:Elasticity; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D008280:Magnetics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010316:Particle Size