Conceptualization of an anti-erosion sensing revetment for levee monitoring: experimental tests and numerical modelling

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<div> <div> <p><span>Smart levees represent a revolution in the field of</span><span>&#160;emban</span><span>kment</span><span>&#160;monitoring and&#160;</span><span>safety</span><span>&#160;during flood events. A smart levee</span><span>, intended a</span><span>s the&#160;</span><span>native (or</span><span>&#160;</span><span>&#8220;from scratch&#8221;)&#160;</span><span>integration of&#160;</span><span>an engineering structure with sensors</span><span>&#160;and connection systems</span><span>,</span><span>&#160;provides detailed information on its past, current and future conditions&#160;</span><span>Viz.&#160;</span><span>integrity&#160;</span><span>stress</span><span>/strain conditions</span><span>, maintenance state</span><span>. This&#160;</span><span>give</span><span>s</span><span>&#160;decision support</span><span>&#160;</span><span>to the figures&#160;</span><span>in charge&#160;</span><span>for maintenance and surveillance of the embankments</span><span>,</span><span>&#160;increasing efficiency and,&#160;</span><span>particularly, the</span><span>&#160;degree of</span><span>&#160;</span><span>protection</span><span>&#160;from flood events</span><span>.&#160;</span><span>Sensor information can also be&#160;</span><span>mashed up with other information, such as&#160;</span><span>water stage</span><span>, rainfall, soil wetness offering an&#160;</span><span>useful integrated view of the river context</span><span>.</span>&#160;</p> </div> <div> <p><span>W</span><span>e present</span><span>&#160;</span><span>here first results&#160;</span><span>of&#160;</span><span>a research project concerning the conceptualization of a&#160;</span><span>sensing&#160;</span><span>anti-erosion revetment for embankments, through the integration of a double-twisted&#160;</span><span>steel&#160;</span><span>wire mesh with an optic fiber cable.&#160;</span><span>The&#160;</span><span>fiber is&#160;</span><span>woven</span><span>&#160;</span><span>&#160;into&#160;</span><span>the double-twisted sections</span><span>&#160;and is capable to&#160;</span><span>detect</span><span>&#160;the&#160;</span><span>nearly continuous&#160;</span><span>deformation of the meshes caused by&#160;</span><span>stresses</span><span>&#160;exerted&#160;</span><span>in&#160;</span><span>it</span><span>s plane</span><span>.</span><span>&#160;</span><span>The sensor</span><span>&#160;sensitivity is enough to record&#160;</span><span>deformation due to (small) shear stress</span><span>es</span><span>&#160;exerted by&#160;</span><span>eventual&#160;</span><span>overtopping&#160;</span><span>flows, t</span><span>h</span><span>ough&#160;</span><span>it&#160;</span><span>can&#160;</span><span>bear (and report)</span><span>&#160;huge deformations&#160;</span><span>typical of quite higher stresses</span><span>&#160;up to&#160;</span><span>thousands</span><span>&#160;of microstrain.</span>&#160;</p> </div> </div><div> <p><span>Several cycles of experiments</span><span>, jointly with numerical modelling,</span><span>&#160;</span><span>clearly show the feasibility of such a product</span><span>&#160;line</span><span>, also showing a good linearity of the smart&#160;</span><span>revetment</span><span>&#160;</span><span>behavior.</span></p> </div>
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