Development of new technologies for inclinometers applied to monitoring geotechnical structures
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https://doi.org/10.24849/j.geot.2014.132.06Keywords:
Inclinometers, MEMS technology, MonitoringAbstract
The systems for measurement and control of slopes have the main goal of checking the existence and evolution of horizontal movements in the ground and are indispensable in risky areas. A commonly used tool for the measurement of movements in slopes is the inclinometer, which measures the inclination of its probe related to the gravitational vertical, dividing the depth in equal parts defined by the distance between the probe casters. The development and implementation operated in the inclinometer described in this work provide as main features: reduction of the depth segmentation to 0.15m, thus increasing the number of measurements along the measured part; automatic measurement of the probe depth and inclination with the probe in motion; use of an interface program that captures all measurements through Bluetooth communication and records these results in a CSV file recognized by all spreadsheets.
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