Publications by authors named "Gavin Sailor"
Article Synopsis
- Robots inspecting water pipes need to accurately determine their location for navigation and identifying faults.
- A new method enhances the robot's trajectory estimation using acoustic field measurements, which can also be applied to other sensing methods like magnetic fields.
- Experiments show that this technique reduces location estimation errors by 39% compared to traditional methods, improving efficiency in maintaining aging pipe systems.
This paper presents the results of the experimental and numerical investigation of interactions between surface flood flow in urban areas and the flow in below ground drainage systems (sewer pipes and manholes). An experimental rig has been set up at the Water Engineering Laboratory at the University of Sheffield. It consists of a full scale gully structure with inlet grating, which connects the 8 m(2) surface area with the pipe underneath that can function as an outfall and is also further connected to a tank so that it can come under surcharging conditions and cause outflow from the gully.
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