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When a sound signal passes through a vortex, its propagation characteristics will change, which helps to determine the existence of the vortex. Moreover, its characteristic parameters can be obtained through inversion. In this paper, first, the theories of acoustic measurement methods were introduced and their feasibility was verified through a comparison between Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurement and numerical simulation results. Then, the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method was used to simulate the vertical vortex at the flood discharge outlets of hydraulic structures and the simulation data were restored to the actual size at scale. Finally, acoustic numerical simulations of actual vortex data were conducted, and ultrasonic sensors were used to measure the velocity of a simplified vertical vortex model under laboratory conditions. The research results indicate that the acoustic measurement method proposed in this article is effective in the measurement of the characteristic parameters of vertical vortex with a core radius of 0.03~0.05 m and a maximum tangential velocity of 0.5 m\/s, the measurement error of the maximum tangential velocity is within 10%.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s24175583","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,28]],"date-time":"2024-08-28T11:54:10Z","timestamp":1724846050000},"page":"5583","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Method for Real-Time Measurement of the Vertical Vortex at Flood Discharge Outlets Using Ultrasonic Sensors"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Dingfan","family":"Fan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Naval Architecture Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Min","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Naval Architecture Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhixiang","family":"Yao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Engineering, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430030, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Du","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Naval Architecture Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-1899-4626","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hang","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Naval Architecture Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"200","article-title":"Study on Hydraulic Characteristics of a Horizontal Eddy-elimination Barries Eliminating Vertical Vortex in Front of Sluice Gate","volume":"40","author":"Yue","year":"2023","journal-title":"Water Resour. 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