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Slope Monitoring Systems – Enhancing Geotechnology
by Russell Crue Marketing ExpertSlope monitoring as we all know is a very useful methodology in geotechnical engineering. It particularly is used for assessment of safety of natural or manmade slopes. This includes road cuts, open pit mining, landfills, excavations, embankments, to name a few.
Applications of slope monitoring -
• Slope monitoring is used in regular monitoring of natural slope failures and active landslides and other slope failures remotely.
• It is also used for monitoring the periodic stability of high walls of open pit mines.
• Slope monitoring plays a significant role in monitoring the railway line cuttings and continuous survey of road side cuttings that are subject to rockfalls.
• It is used in obtaining daily measurements, automated acquisition as well as imagery for behavior and geotechnical analysis of rock mass structure.
Objectives of Slope Monitoring - The main objective behind slope monitoring is finding out the areas which are endangered, to determine the slope stability to different mechanisms which trigger, investigating all the potential mechanisms of failure and designing slopes that are safe and reliable. Even the remedial measures like stabilization and barriers are designed. Slope monitoring is very useful for creating successful slope designs because geological information as well as characteristics of site play a very important role in designing of the slope. These include, slope geometry, discontinuity systems or joints, ground water conditions, properties of rock mass or soil, earthquake activities, tension and movement in joints and more.
Slope Stability Radar – Slope monitoring is used to monitor open-cut mines and its high walls. Also, the safety and stability of open-cut mines has been a significant issue around the world. There is this application that is popularly used for slope stability monitoring is the slope stability radar or SSR. It’s major role is to monitor the minutest of precursory movements in the slope which lead to collapse of the mine walls or rock failures. Though, not always do slopes cause a lot of casualties due to failures of slopes but it could cause a lot of economical damage. Hence, slope stability radar is considered to be a very useful slope stability analysis tool. The SSR tool is a highly beneficial tool as compared to other monitoring techniques. The major benefits of it being that it can easily work without any problems in conditions like smoke, dust or rain, 24 x 7 and provide reliable real time database. Another significant benefit of SSR is that no equipment or mounting or reflectors on the wall is needed as in case of other monitoring devices.
Due to these benefits of SSR systems, they are extensively used in mining companies wherein active monitoring of critical slopes as well as background monitoring of general slopes is carried out. This system remotely measures wall surface movements and the display and the result is confirmed with the help of visual images. This in-turn helps the geotechnical engineers in tracking the slope movements and working upon the safety measures and also for optimizing productivity.
Thus, slope monitoring systems play an important role in geotechnical engineering and are like an asset to the geotechnical engineers.
Russell Crue provides best information of slope monitoring system and geotechnical monitoring software.
Applications of slope monitoring -
• Slope monitoring is used in regular monitoring of natural slope failures and active landslides and other slope failures remotely.
• It is also used for monitoring the periodic stability of high walls of open pit mines.
• Slope monitoring plays a significant role in monitoring the railway line cuttings and continuous survey of road side cuttings that are subject to rockfalls.
• It is used in obtaining daily measurements, automated acquisition as well as imagery for behavior and geotechnical analysis of rock mass structure.
Objectives of Slope Monitoring - The main objective behind slope monitoring is finding out the areas which are endangered, to determine the slope stability to different mechanisms which trigger, investigating all the potential mechanisms of failure and designing slopes that are safe and reliable. Even the remedial measures like stabilization and barriers are designed. Slope monitoring is very useful for creating successful slope designs because geological information as well as characteristics of site play a very important role in designing of the slope. These include, slope geometry, discontinuity systems or joints, ground water conditions, properties of rock mass or soil, earthquake activities, tension and movement in joints and more.
Slope Stability Radar – Slope monitoring is used to monitor open-cut mines and its high walls. Also, the safety and stability of open-cut mines has been a significant issue around the world. There is this application that is popularly used for slope stability monitoring is the slope stability radar or SSR. It’s major role is to monitor the minutest of precursory movements in the slope which lead to collapse of the mine walls or rock failures. Though, not always do slopes cause a lot of casualties due to failures of slopes but it could cause a lot of economical damage. Hence, slope stability radar is considered to be a very useful slope stability analysis tool. The SSR tool is a highly beneficial tool as compared to other monitoring techniques. The major benefits of it being that it can easily work without any problems in conditions like smoke, dust or rain, 24 x 7 and provide reliable real time database. Another significant benefit of SSR is that no equipment or mounting or reflectors on the wall is needed as in case of other monitoring devices.
Due to these benefits of SSR systems, they are extensively used in mining companies wherein active monitoring of critical slopes as well as background monitoring of general slopes is carried out. This system remotely measures wall surface movements and the display and the result is confirmed with the help of visual images. This in-turn helps the geotechnical engineers in tracking the slope movements and working upon the safety measures and also for optimizing productivity.
Thus, slope monitoring systems play an important role in geotechnical engineering and are like an asset to the geotechnical engineers.
Russell Crue provides best information of slope monitoring system and geotechnical monitoring software.
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