Methods
Deformation monitoring can be made manually or automatically.
- Manual deformation monitoring is the operation of sensors or instruments by hand for the purpose of deformation monitoring.
- An automatic deformation monitoring system is a group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent software and hardware elements forming a complex whole for deformation monitoring that, once set up, does not require human input to function.
Note that deformation analysis and interpretation of the data collected by the monitoring system is not included in this definition. An automatic monitoring system may be used for periodic or continuous monitoring.
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