12-01 slope monitoring methods
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Grasberg, 2003
Slope Monitoring
Types of slope instruments
Displacement monitoring devicesPrecise surveysDifferential global positioning systems (DGPS)Space-borne and terrestrial SAR Interferometry
Strain monitoring devicesSurface extensometersBorehole extensometersBorehole inclinometersTiltmetersTime domain reflectometry (TDR)
Pore-pressure measurementsPiezometers and monitoring wellsTensiometersTDR moisture gauges
MicroseismicityGeophones
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Displacement monitoring1) “Total Station”: Electronic Distance Measurement
(“EDM”) + Theodolite
2) “DGPS” Differential Global Positioning System:Base station+measuring stations Target prism
Britannia Mine, B.C. Disturbed Area
PR #104
PR #102
PR #100
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PR #100
PR #104
PR #102
“East Block”
East Block, failure model
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Tensioncracks
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300,000 m3
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MonitoringJane Basin Slope
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PR101
PR102
PR103
PR104
Coal Mine Waste Dumps
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Wire extensometer
With data logger
Borehole extensometer (Slope Indicator, Ltd.)
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Surface rod extensometer (“crackmeter”)
Vibrating wire displacement gauge (or a vernier for manual readings or a linear transducer) accuracy <1mm
Tape extensometer
Rod Extensometers
ISMES, Valtellina, Italy
ETH, Switzerland
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Borehole inclinometer (“Slope Indicator”)
Some inclinometer applications (Slope Indicator, Ltd.)
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Time domain reflectometry (TDR)
Synthetic aperture radar interferometry (SAR)
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Piezometers
▼ 1) Observation well (open) –not a piezometer
2) Pneumatic piezometer
3) Standipe(Casagrande) piezometer
4) Electric piezometer(Vibrating Wire)
SEAL
SAND PACK
MEMBRANE
AIR
Piezometercomparison
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Slope Indicator multi-point vibrating wire
piezometer
Grasberg, 2003
Monitoring Interpretation
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Chuquicamata Mine, Chile, 1968
Movement vector F-2
Micro-seismic events/day
Chuquicamata Mine, Chile, 1968
Movement vector F-2
Micro-seismic events/day
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Inverse Velocity Method (Fukuzono, 1985)Normal
Inverse
Inverse Velocity Method, more examples
“La Clapiere”France
PredictionReal
Tripp Mine: slow failure
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Inverse Velocity Method, another example
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TIME BEFORE FAILURE (DAYS)
Regression coeffiecient (R2) = 99%for all inverse-velocity fits
Predicted velocity curves (basedon inverse-velocity fits) comparedwith actual velocity data
18 million m3 pit slope failure prediction (Rose and Hungr, 2006)
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Use of inverse velocity to monitor stabilization progress (Rose and Hungr, 2006)
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Buttress and OffloadRemedial Measures
Stabilization of Slope Displacements
Regression Coeffiecient (R2) = 96 to 99%for all Inverse-Velocity Fits.
Pats FaultMidnight Fault
Carlin waxy silt unit
100mScale
Two faults and a pre-sheared silt layer, 3 million m3
Total Displacement?
ValPola rock avalanche, 1986
100 m pre-historic movement
New crack
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Small rock slides
Libby Dam, Montana, 1971
Prediction not feasible
Purpose of monitoring
1) Movement detection, failure prediction
2) Vector solutions, interpretation of failure mechanism
(Cruden, 1986)
Predicted rupture surface