Research Article

A Study on the Slope Failure Monitoring of a Model Slope by the Application of a Displacement Sensor

Table 2

Proposal for an instrumentation standard.

StepsLevel of severityCumulated displacement (mm)Slope of inverse displacement (1/mm/min)

Step 1Normal00
Step 2Cautious0.891.59
Step 3Alert1.520.03
Step 4Critical10.312.25