Hills and Mountains are a creation of violent eruptive formations and the gradual process of erosion. However, they are still not very permanent and ever-lasting. Other processes of erosion like Landslides are a part of the natural phenomenon that contributes to the changes in the mountains/hills. The landslide threats are increasing due to enhanced developments in vulnerable terrain, construction activity, climate change, deforestation, etc. However, a forewarning system along with prediction can help curb and control landslides, thereby considerably reducing the destruction caused.
Advances in geotechnical instrumentation, surveying technologies, and data transmission systems have made it possible to monitor slopes remotely. The economical monitoring systems also provide warnings and alarms in case of any failure or unusual behaviour.
Remote monitoring of slope movement and other parameters can reduce the risk of an unstable or potentially unstable slope. Landslide monitoring helps to prevent any mishaps and accidents. Vibrating wire piezometers can be used for the accurate measurement of pore water pressure. The lateral movement and deformation can be estimated with the help of sensors like in-place inclinometers, extensometers, crack meters, tiltmeters, etc.
The geotechnical instruments are connected to a data logger that records the readings at regular intervals. In case the output surpasses the selected intervals, it will trigger an alarm and send out an alert message to the required authorities. Data can be transferred using SDI-12 bus, cellular network or radiofrequency technologies, depending on site conditions.
The collected data is then evaluated by an engineering geologist and consultant, allowing them to take corrective measures and prevent landslides.
Landslide Monitoring & Instrumentation – Why do we need it?
Landslide monitoring and instrumentation are extremely crucial for the safety of the surrounding areas and people. Here are a few steps that can be adopted in landslide-prone areas:
Monitoring slope for any hint of instability can help perform remedial measures even before alarm conditions are generated.
Slope Stabilization Techniques can be employed to stabilize slopes that need corrective action.
Curate an online monitoring program to ensure that the stability of the slope is accomplished.
Landslide monitoring involves the usage of a durable prediction and forewarning system, coupled with effective efforts to curb the slope movement. The destruction can be drastically reduced with the help of monitoring and instrumentation. A reliable plan for corrective and preventive measures in a landslide or prone areas must be based on a detailed integrated geological and geotechnical investigation and monitoring.
An engineering geologist is essential to evaluate the type of landslide and perform corrected measures based on the data collected during the monitoring period. The solution plan should take the cost and effectiveness into consideration.
Solutions Available for Landslide/Slope Monitoring
Encardio-rite offers a simple to use, complete, and cost-effective solution, for online monitoring of landslide-prone areas. This comprises supply, installation, calibration, data collection, maintenance, and web-based data monitoring service that presents information in the most suitable form for easy interpretation of the monitoring data.
Here are the solutions available with Encardio-rite for online landslide monitoring:
Geotechnical Instruments for the measurement of all the relevant parameters needed for landslide/slope monitoring.
Automatic monitoring of geotechnical sensors using SDI-12 digital interface data logger with GSM/GPRS telemetry.
Automatic monitoring of instruments with the help of LoRa nodes and gateway.
Geodetic monitoring with automatic total stations with GSM/ GPRS telemetry.
Web data management service (WDMS) that presents data online (with alarms) to the authorised users at different locations on their devices.
Slope Monitoring
Landslide Monitoring instrumentation
Encardio-rite stocks a range of instruments for surface and subsurface online monitoring that include:
Subsurface instruments
Subsurface lateral movements monitoring can be done with in-place inclinometers.
Pore water pressure variations and monitoring of the landslide area is carried on by piezometers.
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