PETRUZZELLA VIADUCT

DESCRIPTION

Petruzzella I viaduct has a key role in the connection between Campania and Basilicata regions. The infrastructure is monitored through a complex Early Warning System based on pre-defined thresholds.

During the monitoring period, the site has been instrumented with a Vertical Array MUMS inclinometers, 25 m long and sensors placed between 25 and 21 m of depth.

The Array is equipped with 4 high-resolution multi-parametric inclinometer sensors Tilt Link HR 3D V (with an interspace of 100 cm.

Control unit queries nodes at defined time intervals and saves them 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.