<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> One of the basic criterion for safety evaluation of structures erected on embankment or sliding slopes is relative horizontal displacement at different elevations. Relative horizontal displacements beneath ground surfaces are performed with inclinometer measurements. This report presents results on horizontal relative ground displacements with the probe SISGEO S242SV30. Investigations were performed with two inclinometer columns 14m height embedded in Warsaw Bank Slope. Mean square error of single observation was determined and mean relative errors of relative displacements in relation to column height. On the basis measurement results several relevant recommendations and practical hints were formulated allowing to avoid survey blunders and discrepancies in measuring procedures often encountered. Detailed inclinometer horizontal displacement measurements results at Warsaw hillside St Ana’s Church grounds were listed and presented.</p></abstract>

One of the basic criterion for safety evaluation of structures erected on embankment or sliding slopes is relative horizontal displacement at different elevations. Relative horizontal displacements beneath ground surfaces are performed with inclinometer measurements. This report presents results on horizontal relative ground displacements with the probe SISGEO S242SV30. Investigations were performed with two inclinometer columns 14m height embedded in Warsaw Bank Slope. Mean square error of single observation was determined and mean relative errors of relative displacements in relation to column height. On the basis measurement results several relevant recommendations and practical hints were formulated allowing to avoid survey blunders and discrepancies in measuring procedures often encountered. Detailed inclinometer horizontal displacement measurements results at Warsaw hillside St Ana’s Church grounds were listed and presented.

Application of Inclinometer Measurements for Relative Horizontal Displacement Investigations on Landslide Grounds

Warsaw University of Technology Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography Department of Engineering Surveying Warsaw, Poland

Reports on Geodesy and Geoinformatics

One of the basic criterion for safety evaluation of structures erected on embankment or sliding slopes is relative horizontal displacement at different...

Application of Inclinometer Measurements for Relative Horizontal Displacement Investigations on Landslide Grounds

Publicado en línea: 20 oct 2013

Páginas: 6 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rgg-2013-0002

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