Il laboratorio naturale denominato AcutoFieldLab è sito presso la Cava Prenestina di Acuto (FR) ed è destinato allo studio di processi preparatori al distacco di blocchi di roccia connessi a condizioni ambientali, quali la temperatura e le condizioni meteorologiche del sito. Inoltre, il laboratorio studia l’effetto delle azioni di potenziale innesco di instabilità di blocchi di roccia , quali le precipitazioni piovose, le intense azioni eoliche e la sismicità locale o risentita.
Il laboratorio consiste principalmente in un sistema di monitoraggio multisensoristico
Il sistema di monitoraggio registra in continuo serie temporali multiparametriche e trasmette i suoi dati ad un Cloud IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) di proprietà del Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra di Roma "Sapienza” per favorire l’analisi e la gestione remota da parte dei ricercatori.
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The field laboratory named AcutoFieldLab is located inside the Cava Prenestina, Acuto (FR), and it aims at studying the role of environmental factors, such as temperatures and meteorological conditions, in preparing rock blocks toward unstable conditions and eventually failure. Furthermore, the laboratory also focuses on the study of triggering factors of rock block instabilities, such as rainfalls, strong winds and earthquakes.
The laboratory consists of a multisensor and multiparametric monitoring system installed on three sectors of the quarry rock wall that are dedicated to: 1) study of the interactions between preparatory and triggering factors of instability at a small rock block scale (few meters); 2) study of the interactions between environmental stress and the stress-strain response of a stable sector of the rock mass; 3) study of the interactions between preparatory and triggering factors of instability at a medium rock block scale (tens of meters) .
The monitoring system continuously record multiparametric timeseries and the data is transmitted to a remote Cloud IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) server of the Earth Sciences Department of Sapienza University of Rome to allow researchers for their remote analysis and management.
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References
D’Angiò et al. (2021) - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-04556-5
D’Angiò et al. (2021) - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2021.104883
Fiorucci et al. (2018) - https://doi.org/10.3390/s18072221
Fiorucci et al. (2020) - https://doi.org/10.3390/app10217658
Grechi et al. (2021) - https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13050957
Grechi et al. (2022) - https://doi.org/10.4408/IJEGE.2022-02.O-05
Grechi et al. (2023) - https://doi.org/10.3390/app13042489
Marmoni et al. (2020) - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2020.104440
Qian et al. (2024) - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-024-04250-5