Instrumentation system design and laboratory scale simulation of landslide disaster mitigation

Abstract

Research on landslide has been developed recently because it may endanger human life. Landslide is the movement of rock, detritus, or soils caused by the action of gravity. Landslides are influenced by several factors such as ground slope, degree of rainfall, land cover (ground layers), and the vibration around the slopes. From these factors, tilt detection sensors and soil moisture sensor have been developed to detect landslide failure. These sensors mounted so that it can detect the occurrence of landslides. The study was conducted on a container which contains the sloping ground. Landslide, slope processes, and soil humidity were investigated in this container. MMA8451Q accelerometer was used as a tilt sensor to detect the acceleration assembled in MEMS (Micro Mechanical System) technology since it is easily available, mass- produced, inexpensive, and high-precision output data. Landslide simulator has been developed hence the process leading to landslide event can be directly analyzed without the need of real life occurrence of landslides. The simulator was made from glass with size 80 cm × 20 cm × 40 cm that was filled by soil. Based on the simulation results, there were changes on accelerometer and soil moisture data during the landslide occurrence.