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JDR Vol.6 No.1 pp. 70-79
(2011)
doi: 10.20965/jdr.2011.p0070

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Slope Monitoring System at a Slope Behind an Important Cultural Asset

Kazunari Sako*, Ryoichi Fukagawa**,
and Tomoaki Satomi***

*Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan

**Department of Civil Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan

***Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, 6-6-20 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba, Sendai City, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan

Received:
September 14, 2010
Accepted:
November 9, 2010
Published:
February 1, 2011
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Keywords:
rainfall-induced slope failure, field measurement, pore-water pressure, rainfall intensity
Abstract
Rainfall-induced slope failure has been responsible for great death and destruction in Japan. This is thus a primary consideration in preserving Japan’s many cultural important temples, palaces, and similar structures, especially in the ancient capital of Kyoto, where many important cultural assets are located on hillsides and near mountains. Our objective is to construct a slope-disaster warning system using real-time field measurement data, in-situ and laboratory testing, and numerical models. We set up field monitoring on a slope behind an important cultural asset in July 2004 to measure pore-water pressure, temperature, and rainfall intensity [1]. We firstly introduce our slope-disaster warning concept and field measurement results for the slope behind the important cultural asset in Kyoto. And then we discuss the relationship of rainfall intensity, seepage behavior, and slope failure based on monitoring data and model test results using a soil box apparatus.
Cite this article as:
K. Sako, R. Fukagawa, and T. Satomi, “Slope Monitoring System at a Slope Behind an Important Cultural Asset,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.6 No.1, pp. 70-79, 2011.
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