DESARROLLO DE UNA RED INALÁMBRICA DE SENSORES PARA LA MONITORIZACIÓN DE TALUDES

Abstract

Predicting possible landslides near human infrastructures is vital to avoid possible damages, either personal or material. This work has carried out a control in real time of the movements in a slope, to monitor its situation and predict future landslides. In order to get this goal a wireless sensor network based in nodes called “Imote 2” is used. Its main function is to measure the land inclination at all times. The whole network, composed by wireless nodes and inclinometers, allows monitoring the slope area with a fault tolerance system which is an energy autonomous system based in solar panels and power source batteries. This system gathers the information every 15 minutes by a star topology network which sends the information to a central station to store it. This system makes a diachronic analysis of the slope situation: it establishes possible ground side movements and detects surface faults in areas hard to get to. This whole system is autonomous and scalable, new nodes can be installed within the network without having to modify the whole configuration.