In this work, we describe a comprehensive approach aimed at assessing the slope stability conditions of a tuff cliff located below the village of Sugano (Central Italy) starting from remote geomechanical analysis on high-resolution 3D point clouds collected by terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) surveys. Firstly, the identification of the main joint systems has been made through both manual and automatic analyses on the 3D slope model resulting from the surveys. Afterwards, the identified joint sets were considered to evaluate the slope stability conditions by attributing safety factor (SF) values to the typical rock blocks whose kinematic was proved as compatible with tests for toppling under two independent triggering conditions: hydrostatic water pressure within the joints and seismic action. The results from the remote investigation of the cliff slope provide geometrical information of the blocks more susceptible to instability and pointed out that limit equilibrium condition can be achieved for potential triggering scenarios in the whole outcropping slope

The contribution of terrestrial laser scanning to the analysis of cliff slope stability in Sugano (Central Italy) / Mazzanti, Paolo; Schilirò, Luca; Martino, Salvatore; Antonielli, Benedetta; Brizi, Elisa; Brunetti, Alessandro; Margottini, Claudio; Scarascia Mugnozza, Gabriele. - In: REMOTE SENSING. - ISSN 2072-4292. - ELETTRONICO. - 10:9(2018). [10.3390/rs10091475]

The contribution of terrestrial laser scanning to the analysis of cliff slope stability in Sugano (Central Italy)

Mazzanti, Paolo;Schilirò, Luca
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Martino, Salvatore;Antonielli, Benedetta;BRIZI, ELISA;MARGOTTINI, CLAUDIO;Scarascia Mugnozza, Gabriele
2018

Abstract

In this work, we describe a comprehensive approach aimed at assessing the slope stability conditions of a tuff cliff located below the village of Sugano (Central Italy) starting from remote geomechanical analysis on high-resolution 3D point clouds collected by terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) surveys. Firstly, the identification of the main joint systems has been made through both manual and automatic analyses on the 3D slope model resulting from the surveys. Afterwards, the identified joint sets were considered to evaluate the slope stability conditions by attributing safety factor (SF) values to the typical rock blocks whose kinematic was proved as compatible with tests for toppling under two independent triggering conditions: hydrostatic water pressure within the joints and seismic action. The results from the remote investigation of the cliff slope provide geometrical information of the blocks more susceptible to instability and pointed out that limit equilibrium condition can be achieved for potential triggering scenarios in the whole outcropping slope
2018
cliff slopes; geomechanical analysis; terrestrial laser scanning (TLS); rock toppling; slope stability analysis
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The contribution of terrestrial laser scanning to the analysis of cliff slope stability in Sugano (Central Italy) / Mazzanti, Paolo; Schilirò, Luca; Martino, Salvatore; Antonielli, Benedetta; Brizi, Elisa; Brunetti, Alessandro; Margottini, Claudio; Scarascia Mugnozza, Gabriele. - In: REMOTE SENSING. - ISSN 2072-4292. - ELETTRONICO. - 10:9(2018). [10.3390/rs10091475]
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