Research in this area is devoted to developing and implementing new techniques and methods for the detection and monitoring of debris flows and snow avalanches. The real-time detection of potentially destructive water, earth and snow mixtures such as debris flow and avalanches is a topic of growing interest to mitigate the risk in areas densely anthropized such as the Alpine region.
Optialp - Fiber optic-based system for the detection of destructive events
A new cutting-edge debris flow and avalanche detection system, called OPTIALP, was developed and patented. The system exploits the polarization variations induced on the fibre by mechanical vibrations, for the automatic detection of potentially destructive snow and soil-water mixtures along their propagation path. One of the main value-adds of the OPTIALP system is the “quasi-distributed” and spatially continuous detection along the whole fibre which improves the current monitoring technologies relying on "discrete" monitoring points and sensors. The OPTIALP system was designed and thoroughly tested in the laboratory environment using a specific setup. The results showed that the OPTIALP system could correctly identify the signals produced by lab-scale mass movements. Currently, the system is being experimented on site.
Aiassa, Santina; Antolini, Francesco; Barla, Marco; Insana, Alessandra; Gaudino, Roberto; Rizzelli Martella, Giuseppe; Pellegrini, Saverio
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