Report on the use of remote monitoring for slope stability assessments

UZ will report on the development of a drone small helicopter which can perform rapid assessment of slopes UZ and GDG will use the imagery from the drone to provide crucial temporal data on variations in boundary conditions which might affect slope stability eg change of land use at slope crest poorly maintainedblocked drains etc NGI will provide expertise in the use of satellite remote sensing for detection of movement and perform insitu testing including MASW and CPTGDG and NTNU will work together to implement a sensor type which is capable of providing the most accurate data which can be transmitted remotely by drone and will use stability models to determine the optimum location of the sensors in a demonstration project to consider the effect of rainfall on an Irish Rail slope