X-Sense II Natural Hazard Warning
NanoTera Annual Meeting 2015 Michelle M端ller
Micro- and Nanosystems, ETHZ
Lothar Thiele Jan Beutel Andreas Vieli Alain Geiger Hugo Raetzo Christofer Hierold Cosmin Roman
Computer Engineering ETHZ Computer Engineering ETHZ Physical Geography, UZH Geodesy, ETHZ Federal Office for the Environment Micro- and Nanosystems, ETHZ Micro- and Nanosystems, ETHZ
micro and nanosystems
X-Sense II Motivation
Objective
Randa, 22. April 2015
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New scientific knowledge about geophysical processes
Development of early warning system for rock fall detection
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Wireless sensor networks in X-Sense I and X-Sense II
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What is preventing wide applicability?
Sensing movement events and/or micro-seismic and acoustic activities
big data
high energy
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high cost
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Event-based sensing architecture Approach: move decisions to the front
Preprocessing
Raw sensor data
Communication
Data cleaning, system health
Data processing
Nano
Geophysical processes Tera
Event-based architecture Event-based architecture Service-energy proportional behavior
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X-Sense II Overview System design and integration
Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, ETHZ
MEMS acoustic emission sensor
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Knowledge about geophysical processes
Physical Geography, UZH Micro and Nanosystems Group
Event-based GPS
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Obtaining knowledge about geophysical processes… Various sensors to monitor environmental conditions: temperature sensors, weather stations, cameras Various sensors to monitor rocks: PermaSenseL1-GPS (large scale)
ForaPot crackmeter (small scale)
Daily position accuracy:
1-2 mm horizontal 3-5 mm vertical
Wireless communication
Acoustic/micro-seismic sensor (scale freq. dependent)
Potentiometric measurement principle Very high accuracy (≤ 0.01 mm) Temperature-compensated
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Measurements with crackmeter
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X-Sense II Overview System design and integration
Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, ETHZ
MEMS acoustic emission sensor
Micro and Nanosystems Group, ETHZ
Knowledge about geophysical processes
Physical Geography, UZH Micro and Nanosystems Group
Event-based GPS
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MEMS acoustic emission sensor Development of a MEMS ultra-low power acoustic emission trigger Specifications
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Detection of 1 mg acceleration < 100 μW power consumption Frequency selective to signals between 5 - 20 kHz
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Destructive processes announce themselvesâ&#x20AC;Ś
Geophone + accelerometer
Amitrano et al., GRL 2005
~ 1 hour before
>200 micro-seismic events
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collapse
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MEMS ultra-low power AE trigger: Device concept Acoustic emission signals
Events
A coupled mass-spring system enables Purely mechanical amplification of incoming vibrations Frequency selectivity at zero power expense Spectral amplification with 16 coupled masses
Threshold-detection by an electro-mechanical trigger features Static threshold control instead of power intensive sampling at high frequencies High on-off ratios Reduced computational load
Pull-in • mn >… > m1 • kn/mn = … = k1/m1 Micro and Nanosystems Group
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Passive mechanical broadband amplifier: Modeling
1 cm
Mass
Shoaling effect Spring
Lateral view of thin springs
Package, moves with ground (not shown in Comsol model)
Malkin et al., â&#x20AC;&#x153;Energy localization and frequency analysis in the locust earâ&#x20AC;?, J. R. Soc. Interface, 2014. Micro and Nanosystems Group
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Passive mechanical broadband amplifier: Fabrication Device layer
Spring
Anchor Springs
m1
Bulk m2
10Îźm
m3
SEM close-up of spring m4
Microscope picture of fabricated structure with 4 400 Îźm masses (N4) Micro and Nanosystems Group
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Passive mechanical broadband amplifier: Characterization N4
Transfer function 0
f [kHz] for N4 (f0 = 13 kHz) 6.5 13 19.5
N8
Average amplification 2mm
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MEMS ultra-low power AE trigger: Device concept Acoustic emission signals
Events
A coupled mass-spring system enables Purely mechanical amplification of incoming vibrations Frequency selectivity at zero power expense Spectral amplification with 16 coupled masses
Threshold-detection by an electro-mechanical trigger features Static threshold control instead of power intensive sampling at high frequencies High on-off ratios Reduced computational load
Pull-in
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Pull-in contact switch Operation principle: When the attractive electrostatic forces exceed the restoring spring force the system is pulled in catastrophically.
Pull-in If the movement amplitude becomes too large the attractive electrostatic forces become dominant and the proof-mass snaps in.
At threshold đ?&#x2019;&#x2122;đ?&#x2019;&#x2020;đ?&#x2019;&#x2122;đ?&#x2019;&#x2022; /đ?&#x2019;&#x2026; = đ?&#x;&#x17D;. đ?&#x;&#x17D;đ?&#x;&#x17D;đ?&#x;&#x2019;đ?&#x;&#x2019;, a đ?&#x2019;&#x2026; â&#x2030;&#x2C6; đ?&#x;?đ?&#x;&#x2018;đ?&#x;&#x17D; đ?&#x2019;?đ?&#x2019;&#x17D; gap is required to achieve đ?&#x;? đ?&#x2019;?đ?&#x2019;&#x17D; threshold Micro and Nanosystems Group
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1st pull-in trigger Cut-out for LDV Spring
Proof mass
< 3Vpi for battery operation On-off ratio in the order of 1â&#x20AC;&#x2122;000 Micro and Nanosystems Group
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MEMS ultra-low power AE trigger: Device concept Acoustic emission signals
Events
Cut-out for LDV Spring
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Proof mass
400 Îźm
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X-Sense II Overview System design and integration
Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, ETHZ
MEMS acoustic emission sensor
Micro and Nanosystems Group, ETHZ
Knowledge about geophysical processes
Physical Geography, UZH Micro and Nanosystems Group
Event-based GPS
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Conclusion
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Thank you for your attention! People Dr. Jan Beutel Bernhard Buchli Reto Da Forno Prof. Dr. Alain Geiger Dr. Lucas Girard Dr. Stephan Gruber Tonio Gsell Dr. Andreas Hasler Prof. Dr. Christofer Hierold Roland Hohensinn Roman Lim Dr. Philippe Limpach Verena Maiwald Fabian Neyer Hugo Raetzo Dr. Cosmin Roman Felix Sutton Prof. Dr. Lothar Thiele Prof. Dr. Andreas Vieli Christoph Walser Samuel Weber Vanessa Wirz Zhenzhong Su Micro and Nanosystems Group
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