Conceptualization and Prototype of an Anti-Erosion Sensing Revetment for Levee Monitoring: Experimental Tests and Numerical Modeling
The problem of levee embankment control during high flows is crucial for flood risk management in floodplains. Levee defense lines are often hundreds of kilometers long and surveys during emergencies are not easy tasks. For these reasons, levees monitored with in situ sensors and a suitable Informat...
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| author | Manuel Bertulessi Daniele F. Bignami Ilaria Boschini Andrea Chiarini Maddalena Ferrario Nicola Mazzon Giovanni Menduni Jacopo Morosi Federica Zambrini |
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| description | The problem of levee embankment control during high flows is crucial for flood risk management in floodplains. Levee defense lines are often hundreds of kilometers long and surveys during emergencies are not easy tasks. For these reasons, levees monitored with in situ sensors and a suitable Information Technology (IT) real-time data communication and integration infrastructure, so-called “smart levees”, are gaining increasing interest as a crucial protection technology in floodplains. The paper presents the conceptualization of a prototype of a levee smart revetment, based on the integration of an optical fiber (OF) cable into a steel double-twisted wire mesh. In this paper the feasibility of this kind of revetment is firstly assessed. The flow pattern of overtopping water on the embankment is discussed, thus producing a raw estimation of the shear stress acting on the revetment in the field. A sample case is then analyzed in both numerical and laboratory tests. For this purpose, a numerical Finite Element Model (FEM) to describe the mechanical behavior of a double-twisted wire mesh when loaded along its own plane is presented. Numerical results indicate that the related strain, relatively low as compared to the steel wire yield stress, can be fully detected by the optical fiber continuous Brillouin sensor. This has been validated by the experimental activity performed and a digital twin of the prototype of the smart revetment, suitable for virtually testing the product under any load and constraint conditions and tailoring the production process, has been created. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0b2401469b04a84b0a33ca3cd6a8dfc2023-11-20T18:52:45ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412020-10-011211302510.3390/w12113025Conceptualization and Prototype of an Anti-Erosion Sensing Revetment for Levee Monitoring: Experimental Tests and Numerical ModelingManuel Bertulessi0Daniele F. Bignami1Ilaria Boschini2Andrea Chiarini3Maddalena Ferrario4Nicola Mazzon5Giovanni Menduni6Jacopo Morosi7Federica Zambrini8Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, ItalyFondazione Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, ItalyCivil and Environmental Engineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, ItalyStudio di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale ChiariniAssociati, Via Galileo Ferraris, 63, 52100 Arezzo, ItalyCohaerentia Srl, Via Pinturicchio 5, 20131 Milano, ItalyMaccaferri Innovation Center, Via Ipazia, 2, 39100 Bolzano, ItalyCivil and Environmental Engineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, ItalyCohaerentia Srl, Via Pinturicchio 5, 20131 Milano, ItalyCivil and Environmental Engineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, ItalyThe problem of levee embankment control during high flows is crucial for flood risk management in floodplains. Levee defense lines are often hundreds of kilometers long and surveys during emergencies are not easy tasks. For these reasons, levees monitored with in situ sensors and a suitable Information Technology (IT) real-time data communication and integration infrastructure, so-called “smart levees”, are gaining increasing interest as a crucial protection technology in floodplains. The paper presents the conceptualization of a prototype of a levee smart revetment, based on the integration of an optical fiber (OF) cable into a steel double-twisted wire mesh. In this paper the feasibility of this kind of revetment is firstly assessed. The flow pattern of overtopping water on the embankment is discussed, thus producing a raw estimation of the shear stress acting on the revetment in the field. A sample case is then analyzed in both numerical and laboratory tests. For this purpose, a numerical Finite Element Model (FEM) to describe the mechanical behavior of a double-twisted wire mesh when loaded along its own plane is presented. Numerical results indicate that the related strain, relatively low as compared to the steel wire yield stress, can be fully detected by the optical fiber continuous Brillouin sensor. This has been validated by the experimental activity performed and a digital twin of the prototype of the smart revetment, suitable for virtually testing the product under any load and constraint conditions and tailoring the production process, has been created.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/11/3025smart leveedistributed fiber optic sensorsstructure health monitoringflood risk reductionemergency managementembankment failure symptoms |
| spellingShingle | Manuel Bertulessi Daniele F. Bignami Ilaria Boschini Andrea Chiarini Maddalena Ferrario Nicola Mazzon Giovanni Menduni Jacopo Morosi Federica Zambrini Conceptualization and Prototype of an Anti-Erosion Sensing Revetment for Levee Monitoring: Experimental Tests and Numerical Modeling Water smart levee distributed fiber optic sensors structure health monitoring flood risk reduction emergency management embankment failure symptoms |
| title | Conceptualization and Prototype of an Anti-Erosion Sensing Revetment for Levee Monitoring: Experimental Tests and Numerical Modeling |
| title_full | Conceptualization and Prototype of an Anti-Erosion Sensing Revetment for Levee Monitoring: Experimental Tests and Numerical Modeling |
| title_fullStr | Conceptualization and Prototype of an Anti-Erosion Sensing Revetment for Levee Monitoring: Experimental Tests and Numerical Modeling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conceptualization and Prototype of an Anti-Erosion Sensing Revetment for Levee Monitoring: Experimental Tests and Numerical Modeling |
| title_short | Conceptualization and Prototype of an Anti-Erosion Sensing Revetment for Levee Monitoring: Experimental Tests and Numerical Modeling |
| title_sort | conceptualization and prototype of an anti erosion sensing revetment for levee monitoring experimental tests and numerical modeling |
| topic | smart levee distributed fiber optic sensors structure health monitoring flood risk reduction emergency management embankment failure symptoms |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/11/3025 |
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