| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/I502041/1 |
| Title: |
Assessment of Landslides using Acoustic Real-time Monitoring Systems (ALARMS): Sensor Technical Development |
| Principal Investigator: |
Dixon, Professor N |
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| Department: |
Civil and Building Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Loughborough University |
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Follow on Fund |
| Starts: |
01 June 2011 |
Ends: |
30 April 2012 |
Value (£): |
41,624
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Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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Slope failures annually cause many thousands of deaths and damage built environment infrastructure world-wide. There is an urgent need for low cost instrumentation that can provide an early warning of slope instability to enable evacuation of vulnerable people and timely repair and maintenance of critical infrastructure. This project aims to design and assess field performance of a prototype acoustic slope displacement rate sensor. Sensors developed through research will be re-engineered and these new sensors will be installed at problem road and rail slopes to investigate how they perform compared to traditional more costly instrumentation.
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| Organisation Website: |
http://www.lboro.ac.uk |