Design and development of a cost-effective buoy using 3D printing for coastal monitoring
An adequate knowledge of water (and air) environment parameters in ocean and coastal areas becomes of crucial importance for management practices. The behavior of oceans and coasts covers a large range of spatial and time scales that leads to the importance of high-frequency and widespread monitorin...
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| author | Simón F. Nogueira Alejandro J. Vitale Sibila A. Genchi Agustina Roth Steven Martínez Vargas Agustin Siben Lucas Nuciari Gerardo M.E. Perillo |
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| description | An adequate knowledge of water (and air) environment parameters in ocean and coastal areas becomes of crucial importance for management practices. The behavior of oceans and coasts covers a large range of spatial and time scales that leads to the importance of high-frequency and widespread monitoring by using cost-effective platforms. This article proposes the design, development and deployment of a low-cost, small and compact buoy platform for coastal monitoring, which was built almost entirely on 3D printing technology in a modular way. The buoy called EMAC buoy -V3.0- (EMAC: Estación de Monitoreo Ambiental Costero) was significantly improved in the last few years based on cost-effective optimization and physical constraints inherent to coastal waters, providing the advantages of simplicity and flexibility. This study considered oceanographic and meteorological measurements of a buoy moored in the San Matías Gulf on the northern Patagonian Continental Shelf. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2904d6f9bcb145c1aa07e1cd8786143d2025-08-20T03:11:26ZengElsevierHardwareX2468-06722025-06-0122e0065710.1016/j.ohx.2025.e00657Design and development of a cost-effective buoy using 3D printing for coastal monitoringSimón F. Nogueira0Alejandro J. Vitale1Sibila A. Genchi2Agustina Roth3Steven Martínez Vargas4Agustin Siben5Lucas Nuciari6Gerardo M.E. Perillo7Departamento de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Bahía Blanca, Argentina; Corresponding author.Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO), CONICET-UNS, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina; Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y de Computadoras, UNS, Bahía Blanca, Argentina; Departamento de Geografía y Turismo, UNS, Bahía Blanca, Argentina; Corresponding author at: Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO), CONICET-UNS, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO), CONICET-UNS, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina; Departamento de Geografía y Turismo, UNS, Bahía Blanca, ArgentinaInstituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO), CONICET-UNS, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, ArgentinaDepartamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y de Computadoras, UNS, Bahía Blanca, ArgentinaDepartamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y de Computadoras, UNS, Bahía Blanca, ArgentinaDepartamento de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Bahía Blanca, Argentina; Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO), CONICET-UNS, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, ArgentinaInstituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO), CONICET-UNS, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina; Departamento de Geología, UNS, Bahía Blanca, ArgentinaAn adequate knowledge of water (and air) environment parameters in ocean and coastal areas becomes of crucial importance for management practices. The behavior of oceans and coasts covers a large range of spatial and time scales that leads to the importance of high-frequency and widespread monitoring by using cost-effective platforms. This article proposes the design, development and deployment of a low-cost, small and compact buoy platform for coastal monitoring, which was built almost entirely on 3D printing technology in a modular way. The buoy called EMAC buoy -V3.0- (EMAC: Estación de Monitoreo Ambiental Costero) was significantly improved in the last few years based on cost-effective optimization and physical constraints inherent to coastal waters, providing the advantages of simplicity and flexibility. This study considered oceanographic and meteorological measurements of a buoy moored in the San Matías Gulf on the northern Patagonian Continental Shelf.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067225000355Monitoring buoyContinental/coastal waters3D printingLow-costOpen-source |
| spellingShingle | Simón F. Nogueira Alejandro J. Vitale Sibila A. Genchi Agustina Roth Steven Martínez Vargas Agustin Siben Lucas Nuciari Gerardo M.E. Perillo Design and development of a cost-effective buoy using 3D printing for coastal monitoring HardwareX Monitoring buoy Continental/coastal waters 3D printing Low-cost Open-source |
| title | Design and development of a cost-effective buoy using 3D printing for coastal monitoring |
| title_full | Design and development of a cost-effective buoy using 3D printing for coastal monitoring |
| title_fullStr | Design and development of a cost-effective buoy using 3D printing for coastal monitoring |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and development of a cost-effective buoy using 3D printing for coastal monitoring |
| title_short | Design and development of a cost-effective buoy using 3D printing for coastal monitoring |
| title_sort | design and development of a cost effective buoy using 3d printing for coastal monitoring |
| topic | Monitoring buoy Continental/coastal waters 3D printing Low-cost Open-source |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067225000355 |
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