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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023

The Application of Wireless Underground Sensor Networks to Monitor Seepage inside an Earth Dam.

Min-Chih Liang, Hung-En Chen, Samkele S Tfwala, Yu-Feng Lin, Su-Chin Chen

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Min-Chih LiangDepartment of Soil and Water Conservation, National Chung Hsing University, 145 Xingda Road, Taichung 40227, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-3651-0179
Hung-En ChenDepartment of Soil and Water Conservation, National Chung Hsing University, 145 Xingda Road, Taichung 40227, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-4712-2131
Samkele S TfwalaDepartment of Geography, Environmental Science and Planning, University of Eswatini, Kwaluseni M201, Eswatini.ORCID 0000-0003-0662-4044
Yu-Feng LinDepartment of Civil and Construction Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No.43, Keelung Rd., Sec.4, Da'an Dist., Taipei City 106335, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-3821-9465
Su-Chin ChenDepartment of Soil and Water Conservation, National Chung Hsing University, 145 Xingda Road, Taichung 40227, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-4796-5435
National Chung Hsing University · TWNational Taiwan University of Science and Technology · TWUniversity of Eswatini · SZ

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan 109-2622-M-005-002National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan 111-2634-F-005-001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Earth dams or embankments are susceptible to instability due to internal seepage, piping, and erosion, which can lead to catastrophic failure. Therefore, monitoring the seepage water level before the dam collapses is an important task for early warning of dam failure. Currently, there are hardly any monitoring methods that use wireless underground transmission to monitor the water content inside earth dams. Real-time monitoring of changes in the soil moisture content can more directly determine the water level of seepage. Wireless transmission of sensors buried underground requires signal transmission through the soil medium, which is more complex than traditional air transmission. Henceforth, this study establishes a wireless underground transmission sensor that overcomes the distance limitation of underground transmission through a hop network. A series of feasibility tests were conducted on the wireless underground transmission sensor, including peer-to-peer transmission tests, multi-hop underground transmission tests, power management tests, and soil moisture measurement tests. Finally, field seepage tests were conducted to apply wireless underground transmission sensors to monitor the internal seepage water level before an earth dam failure. The findings show that wireless underground transmission sensors can achieve the monitoring of seepage water levels inside earth dams. In addition, the results supersede those of a conventional water level gauge. This could be crucial in early warning systems during the era of climate change, which has caused unprecedented flooding events.

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PMID37112135
PMCPMC10143715
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