A wireless, inertial measurement unit-based sensing architecture for detecting geomorphological landslides

Authors

  • Marcel Musuamba Institut supérieur pédagogique et technique de Kinshasa, ISPT-Kin
  • Aimé Lay-Ekuakille Institut supérieur pédagogique et technique de Kinshasa
  • Trésor Auguste Mafuku Institut supérieur pédagogique et technique de Kinshasa
  • Benjamin Kalala Institut supérieur pédagogique et technique de Kinshasa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21014/actaimeko.v14i2.1787

Keywords:

landslide, IMU sensor, wireless and geomorphological acquisition, multiparametric measurements, cloud database

Abstract

Landslide activities must be monitored by means of robust sensing and acquisition systems in the spirit of quick intervention in the event of stealth and/or huge subsoil displacements. Acquiring diverse parameters, in order to address this issue, is an important area of research. This paper illustrates a case-study with a dedicated architecture. The multiparametric acquisition system is developed to acquire in real time data related to linear and rotational displacement parameters. These data are used to prevent prospective ground movement. The principal advantage of the implemented system dwells in its flexibility, efficacity, and its transmission speed, as well as its low implementation cost. The sensor planted on site permanently sends these following parameters: acceleration related to the auscultated site, the sensor rotation velocity and the site ambient temperature. These three parameters essentially permit the monitoring of the site state, the sensor position and the site temperature. In this paper, tests are achieved in laboratory simulating two phenomena on which are based our studies: subsidences and collapses.

Author Biographies

Marcel Musuamba, Institut supérieur pédagogique et technique de Kinshasa, ISPT-Kin

Ingénieur En Électronique industrielle et télécommunications ISPT-Kin 

Aimé Lay-Ekuakille, Institut supérieur pédagogique et technique de Kinshasa

PhD

Trésor Auguste Mafuku, Institut supérieur pédagogique et technique de Kinshasa

electronic doctoral student

Benjamin Kalala, Institut supérieur pédagogique et technique de Kinshasa

electronic doctoral student

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Published

2025-06-10

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2025)

Section

Research Papers

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