ACG Instrumentation and Slope Monitoring Workshop

Benefits of integrated sensor data management in

slope stability monitoring
Martin Beth Soldata Group France
Eric Audig Soldata Oceania Australia

September 2013

Slope&Stability&instrumenta1on&today&
Mul1ple&complementary&technologies&

Tradi8onal&borehole&geotechnical&instrumenta8on&
!

Piezometers,&extensometers,&inclinometers&

Time&Domain&Reectrometry&(TDR)&

Vibra8on&&/&Micro&seismic&monitoring&

Dieren8al&GPS,&8ltmeters,&&

Visual&inspec8ons&

Remote&monitoring&with&prisms&:&AMTS&

Remote&monitoring&without&prisms&
!
!
!
!
!

Photogrammetry&
Reectorless&AMTS&
Scanner&
Terrestrial&radar&
Satellite&radar&

Photos&courtesy&of&manufacturers&

Farest&

Closest&

Slope&stability&assessment&is&performed&with&a&range&of&
complementary&technologies:&

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Data&logging&&&data&management&
Mul1ple&individual&systems&

Every&vendors&or&service&company&provides&its&own&/&preferred&solu8ons&
Data&loggers&&&acquisi8on&units&from&various&manufacturers.&
For&geotechnical&instrumenta1on&
&

SoJware&from&hardware&suppliers&
For&vibra1on&
For&remote&monitoring&systems&

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Consequences&
Non&op1mal&opera1ons&

" Lack&of&homogeneity&of&data&access&and&processing&methods&&
" Diculty&to&compare&data&of&dierent&sources;&(impossible&in&realO1me)&
" Diculty&to&carry&out&cross&analysis&of&data&for&alarm&valida1on&&
" Diculty&to&standardise&the&procedures&over&dierent&sites&
" Need&to&train&engineers&on&various&systems&
" Diculty&to&react&quickly&&

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The&Integrated&approach&&
Data&hub,&not&a&Data&center&&

ALL&Sensors&&&Systems&

Limited&number&of&&
data&repositories&

(not&consolida1on&of&data&
in&a&single&database)&&

One&single&tool&to&&
Automa1cally&cross&process&data&
Trigger&and&manage&alarms&
Access&&&analyse&data&&
5&

Local&&&remote&
community&users&

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Cross&correla1on&
1+1&>&2&

Cross&correla8on&of&data&from&various&monitoring&sources&provides&
signicant&technical&benets&
" Detec1on&of&reading&errors

&QA/QC&

" Overcome&technology&/&process&limita1on

&conrm&true&event&&&avoid&false&alarm&

" Understanding&of&the&context&of&the&event
" Predic1on&of&future&behavior

&global&view&/&bePer&remedia8on&

&enhance&knowledge,&reduce&risk&&

" Adapta1on&&&op1misa1on&of&the&monitoring&plan

6&

&save&money&and&resources&

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Example&1&:&Geospa1al&coherence&(the&basic)&
Geospa1al&combina1on&of&mul1ple&sensors&of&the&same&type&

Geospatial coherence for alarm

validation
Example&of&prisms&or&1ltOmeters&on&a&slope&:&
"

Trigger&an&alarm&only&if&n&points&in&a&group&
are&in&alarm&(avoid&false&alarm)&

"

Be`er&understand&the&globalism&of&the&event&

Ref&
Real%&me(geospa&al(data(representa&on(

Ref&
7&

Ref&
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Example&2&:&Global&understanding&&
The&inverse&velocity&method&in&the&tailing&dam&case&

Output&is&some1mes&
unexpected.&&
Inverse&velocity&method&is&very&eec1ve&when&applied&to&
mul1ple&sensor&types&for&narrowing&and&conrming&
predic1ons.&&&
Correla1on&with&other&sensors&&rain,&water&level,&
displacement&&allows&for&extending&the&applica1on&
of&the&method.&&

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Example&2&O&b&:&Understanding&&&quan1ca1on&&&
The&inverse&velocity&method&in&a&tailing&dam&case&

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Example&2Oc&:&Local&understanding&
Rain&eect&on&slope&slide&

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Example&3&:&Predic1on&
Rain&inuence&on&slope&slide&

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Example&3&:&Predic1on&

Correla1on&between&rain&accumula1on&and&displacement&allows&for&predic1ons&

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Example&4&:&Terrestrial&radar&data&+&prism&data&
1D&=>&virtual&3D&

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Example&5&:&Satellite&radar&+&prism&+&inclinometer&data&
from&GLOBAL&to&LOCAL&in&few&clicks&

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Application examples

1
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Geoscope&in&Chuquicamata&
The&data&hub&

Real-time integration of Geotechnical,

Structural and Environmental data in
a single decision support platform.
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Slope Stability Radar

Wall movements with prisms

Manual data from surveyors

#
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Inclinometers
Noise & vibrations

Dust

Manual &
automatic data

Data reduction
engine

Weather map
display

2D / 3D

Alarm
management

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Chuquicamata - Chile

Example of cliff mapping

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Nuclear&waste&depository&(Andra&&France)&
Slope&stability&&&much&more&
SENSORS
1121
868
669
200
111
100
91

Deformation sensors
Temperature sensors
Pressure sensors
Flow meters (water, air or gas)
Water level sensors
Inclinometers
Humidity sensors
Physico-chemical sensors
Force sensors

Multiple inputs
Sensors

Locations
Soldata

Identit

Formats
08/03/12

Technology

Trafik

ACQUISITION
78
data loggers (different brands)
3
servers
17
switches
USERS
60
7
4

simultaneous users accounts

companies
countries

SERVICE
24/7/365 surveillance
Semestral maintenance report since 2002

Users

Locations

Countries

Interfaces

Multiple outputs
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Conclusion&

Technical&and&non&technical&benets&of&integrated&approach&

Integrated&monitoring,&
% Streamlines&opera1ons&
% Enhances&data&analy1cs,&hence&situa1on&awareness&and&outcome&&&
% Ra1onalises&and&standardises&architecture&and&procedures&
% Allows&for&easy&sharing&of&informa1on&at&all&levels&
% Saves&1me&and&money&

and&at&the&end,&
enhances&SAFETY&

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