BAVENO

DESCRIPTION

The beautiful places of Baveno and Stresa are areas characterized by a high landslide risk. The zone presents active soil movements, with causes not completely identified. In the past there have been some disruption, including the sadly known floods.

In order to study and modelling the phenomena, define evacuation plans and monitor the deformation of the area in real time, a Vertical Array MUMS system has been installed in March 2017.

The site is instrumented with a chain 40 m long, equipped with 30 tilt sensors Tilt Link V (spaced 1 m), 19 high resolution multi-parametric tilt sensors Tilt Link HR 3D V (spaced 50 cm), a piezometer to monitor the water level and pore pressure, and a barometer to control the atmospheric pressure.

Control unit queries nodes at defined time intervals, saving raw data into a SD card. Data are transmitted with UMTS connection to the elaboration centre, where an automatic software elaborates them. Results are available on a web platform in a few minutes.