EM 1110-2-1908 Instrumentation of Embankment Dams and Levees
Instrumentation design and data management for monitoring embankment dams and levees.
What This Publication Covers
Purpose of instrumentation: verifying design assumptions and detecting developing problems in embankments.
Defining what questions the instruments must answer, redundancy, and cost/benefit of instrument selection.
Piezometer types (open standpipe, vibrating wire, pneumatic), weirs and flumes for seepage measurement, and turbidity monitoring.
Surface monuments, inclinometers, settlement plates and cells, and extensometers.
Reading schedules, automated data acquisition, threshold/action levels, and evaluation and reporting.
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