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Geotechnical News • December 2012
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GEOTECHNICAL INSTRUMENTATION NEWS
Introduction by John Dunnicliff, Editor
This is the seventy-second episode of GIN. Two articles this time.
Remote methods for monitoring
deformation
In the March and June 2012 episodes
of GIN there were seven one-page
articles about different remote meth-
ods for monitoring deformation. I
promised a “concluding article with
a comparative analysis of the various
techniques”. Yer tiz (here it is), as they
say in this rural part of southwest Eng-
land. The author, Paolo Mazzanti, was
the winner of the “Forum for Young
FMGM Engineers“ (“young” defined
as under 35) at the 2011 Eighth Inter-
national Symposium on Field Mea-
surements in GeoMechanics (FMGM)
symposium in Berlin, for his paper
on
Temporal prediction of landslides
failure by continuous TInSAR moni-
toring
. He wrote on the same subject
for June 2011 GIN, and again for the
one-pager in March 2012 GIN. For
his contributions, in particular for his
article in
this
GIN, I’m awarding him
the informal “Winner of the Forum
for Young GIN Engineers”. Congratu-
lazioni Paolo!
Field monitoring for improved
mine backfill systems
The article by Murray Grabinsky, Ben
Thompson and Will Bawden is the
first in GIN by mining engineers. Why
has it taken so long? As a non-mining
engineer, I found it very interesting
and educational—we’ve tried to cross-
pollinate by including enough text to
clarify mining terms and procedures.
I recommend that we
all
pay attention
to the lessons learned—I very much
welcome the text on training and
empowering the workforce.
The next continuing education
course in Florida
This is scheduled for April 7-9, 2013
at Cocoa Beach. Details are now on
www.conferences.dce.ufl.edu/geotech.
Also see the announcement on page
33. The deadline for the early regis-
tration discount expires on March 1,
2013.
Closure
Please send contributions to this
column, or an abstract of an article for
GIN, to me as an e-mail attachment in
MSWord, to
john@dunnicliff.eclipse.co.uk,
or by
mail:
Little Leat, Whisselwell, Bovey
Tracey, Devon TQ13 9LA, England.
Tel. +44-1626-832919
.
Za vashe zdorovye! (Russia)
Remote monitoring of deformation. An overview of the
seven methods described in previous GINs
Paolo Mazzanti
Introduction
During the past 10 years there have
been rapid developments of remote
sensing methods for monitoring
deformation, creating significant
applications in the geotechnical field.
Following the seven one-page articles
that were published in March and
June 2012 GIN, this article provides a
general overview of the methods. I’m
conscious that a comprehensive cover-
age of this large and complex subject
would require an entire book instead
of a short article, hence please accept
that significant simplifications have
been introduced.