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Current and future role of instrumentation and monitoring in the performance of transport infrastructure slopes

Smethurst, J.A.; Smith, A.; Uhlemann, S.; Wooff, C.; Chambers, J.; Hughes, P.N.; Lenart, S.; Saroglou, H.; Springman, S.M.; Löfroth, H.; Hughes, D.

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Authors

J.A. Smethurst

A. Smith

S. Uhlemann

C. Wooff

J. Chambers

S. Lenart

H. Saroglou

S.M. Springman

H. Löfroth



Abstract

Instrumentation is often used to monitor the performance of engineered infrastructure slopes. This paper looks at the current role of instrumentation and monitoring, including the reasons for monitoring infrastructure slopes, the instrumentation typically installed and parameters measured. The paper then investigates recent developments in technology and considers how these may change the way that monitoring is used in the future, and tries to summarize the barriers and challenges to greater use of instrumentation in slope engineering. The challenges relate to economics of instrumentation within a wider risk management system, a better understanding of the way in which slopes perform and/or lose performance, and the complexities of managing and making decisions from greater quantities of data.

Citation

Smethurst, J., Smith, A., Uhlemann, S., Wooff, C., Chambers, J., Hughes, P., …Hughes, D. (2017). Current and future role of instrumentation and monitoring in the performance of transport infrastructure slopes. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 50(3), 271-286. https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2016-080

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 4, 2017
Online Publication Date Jul 27, 2017
Publication Date Jul 27, 2017
Deposit Date Aug 31, 2017
Publicly Available Date Sep 13, 2017
Journal Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
Print ISSN 1470-9236
Publisher The Geological Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 50
Issue 3
Pages 271-286
DOI https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2016-080

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© 2017 Swedish Geotechnical Institute. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Published by The Geological Society of London.




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