Remote sensing techniques for soil-structure interaction health monitoring
Remote sensing techniques for soil-structure interaction health monitoring
The paper aims to highlight the role of satellite data integrated with conventional monitoring results to support the soil-structure interaction analysis in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) activities. DInSAR technology is a powerful tool to measure and monitor surface displacements both of ground and structures, without installing sensors or even accessing the structure, with millimetre precision. Using DInSAR data to integrate conventional SHM techniques allows to obtain, from a unique source of data, significant information on many structures, infrastructures, and landslides, detecting potential anomalies and triggering in-situ inspections, with clear benefits in terms of both time and resource management. In this work, results of some remote and contact monitoring techniques, applied in the small medieval village in Southern Italy, considering its complex morphology including underground cavities, have been discussed.