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... SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH Although this research produced a reliable, fully functional articulated arm device, improvements could be made to the device, and other areas of research and development would further improve the ability to make flood flow measurements. Physical Probing Attachment A physical probe was fabricated from Schedule 80 stainless steel pipe that could be used for point measurements of scour hole conditions.
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... Additional research might identify other methods as well, with the intent being to reduce the number of sensors and calculations necessary to track the movement of the crane arm. Additional Software Development Extensive effort was put into creating a software package to automate the data collection process with the articulated arm.
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