The work mainly discusses the use of the Ground-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar (GBSAR) interferometry technique to observe and control the behavior of earthfill or rockfill embankments for dam impoundments. This non-invasive technique provides overall displacements patterns measured with a sub-millimeter accuracy. The need of reliable monitoring of old embankment dams is rapidly increasing since a large number of these structures are still equipped with old monitoring devices, usually installed some decades ago, which can give only information on localized areas of the embankment. A case study regarding the monitoring of an earthfill dam embankment in Southern Italy by means of GBSAR interferometry is presented.
Use of an Advanced SAR Monitoring Technique to Monitor Old Embankment Dams / Nico, Giovanni; Di Pasquale, Andrea; Corsetti, Marco; Di Nunzio, Giuseppe; Pitullo, Alfredo; Lollino, Piernicola. - STAMPA. - 6:(2014), pp. 731-737. (Intervento presentato al convegno XII International IAEG Congress Torino tenutosi a Torino nel 13/09/2014 al 19/09/2014) [10.1007/978-3-319-09060-3_131].
Use of an Advanced SAR Monitoring Technique to Monitor Old Embankment Dams
Corsetti, Marco;
2014
Abstract
The work mainly discusses the use of the Ground-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar (GBSAR) interferometry technique to observe and control the behavior of earthfill or rockfill embankments for dam impoundments. This non-invasive technique provides overall displacements patterns measured with a sub-millimeter accuracy. The need of reliable monitoring of old embankment dams is rapidly increasing since a large number of these structures are still equipped with old monitoring devices, usually installed some decades ago, which can give only information on localized areas of the embankment. A case study regarding the monitoring of an earthfill dam embankment in Southern Italy by means of GBSAR interferometry is presented.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
