JOSEPH R BOWER
Engineers in West Enola, PA
License number
Pennsylvania PE078661
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
West Enola, PA 17025
Professional information
Scour Monitoring System
US Patent:
2012030, Nov 29, 2012
Filed:
May 24, 2011
Appl. No.:
13/114239
Inventors:
Joseph Raymond BOWER - Enola PA, US
Assignee:
GANNETT FLEMING, INC. - Camp Hill PA
International Classification:
G06F 19/00, G01N 17/00
US Classification:
702 2, 73 86
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for the monitoring of scour in a streambed at a site. The apparatus has a support member and at least one float sensor attached to the support member. The at least one float sensor is buried in the streambed and has a switch device, with the switch device being movable between a first position and a second position. As a scour event occurs which causes the streambed to be eroded beyond the at least one float sensor, the at least one float sensor will rise causing the switch device to be moved from the first position to the second position.