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Lessons Learned: Monitoring Dam Infrastructure Assets Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5921-9582
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0435-6285
Embankment dams are built with various compositions of soil, sand, rock, and clay to hold excess water and help in channelizing its flow. They play a key role in suppressing the floods and safeguarding the lives and property in the surrounding areas. Hence, they are classified as critical infrastructure. The increase in the frequency of high-intensity rainfall events and varying soil characteristics warrant the frequent inspection of these vast infrastructure assets. Traditional inspections use ground-based operations that require more human power, time, and are cost-intensive. The advancements in unmanned aerial vehicle platforms and lightweight sensors have provided a solution to conduct proactive monitoring of these assets. This study inspected two dam assets, embankment and spillway, using a low-cost UAV for conducting condition assessments. Multiple sensor data was collected to conduct qualitative and quantitative assessments of their conditions. The dam embankment was mapped to identify any surficial failure and seepage. The spillway was mapped to build a digital model, which provided an immersive experience to the inspector. There were many lessons learned during the inspection of a vast area like an embankment and a vertical structure like a spillway. This study outlines those best practices and provides a guide for proactive monitoring of these dam infrastructure using unmanned aerial vehicles.
Lessons Learned: Monitoring Dam Infrastructure Assets Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5921-9582
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0435-6285
Embankment dams are built with various compositions of soil, sand, rock, and clay to hold excess water and help in channelizing its flow. They play a key role in suppressing the floods and safeguarding the lives and property in the surrounding areas. Hence, they are classified as critical infrastructure. The increase in the frequency of high-intensity rainfall events and varying soil characteristics warrant the frequent inspection of these vast infrastructure assets. Traditional inspections use ground-based operations that require more human power, time, and are cost-intensive. The advancements in unmanned aerial vehicle platforms and lightweight sensors have provided a solution to conduct proactive monitoring of these assets. This study inspected two dam assets, embankment and spillway, using a low-cost UAV for conducting condition assessments. Multiple sensor data was collected to conduct qualitative and quantitative assessments of their conditions. The dam embankment was mapped to identify any surficial failure and seepage. The spillway was mapped to build a digital model, which provided an immersive experience to the inspector. There were many lessons learned during the inspection of a vast area like an embankment and a vertical structure like a spillway. This study outlines those best practices and provides a guide for proactive monitoring of these dam infrastructure using unmanned aerial vehicles.
Lessons Learned: Monitoring Dam Infrastructure Assets Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5921-9582
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0435-6285
Embankment dams are built with various compositions of soil, sand, rock, and clay to hold excess water and help in channelizing its flow. They play a key role in suppressing the floods and safeguarding the lives and property in the surrounding areas. Hence, they are classified as critical infrastructure. The increase in the frequency of high-intensity rainfall events and varying soil characteristics warrant the frequent inspection of these vast infrastructure assets. Traditional inspections use ground-based operations that require more human power, time, and are cost-intensive. The advancements in unmanned aerial vehicle platforms and lightweight sensors have provided a solution to conduct proactive monitoring of these assets. This study inspected two dam assets, embankment and spillway, using a low-cost UAV for conducting condition assessments. Multiple sensor data was collected to conduct qualitative and quantitative assessments of their conditions. The dam embankment was mapped to identify any surficial failure and seepage. The spillway was mapped to build a digital model, which provided an immersive experience to the inspector. There were many lessons learned during the inspection of a vast area like an embankment and a vertical structure like a spillway. This study outlines those best practices and provides a guide for proactive monitoring of these dam infrastructure using unmanned aerial vehicles.
Lessons Learned: Monitoring Dam Infrastructure Assets Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Gomes Correia, António (Herausgeber:in) / Azenha, Miguel (Herausgeber:in) / Cruz, Paulo J. S. (Herausgeber:in) / Novais, Paulo (Herausgeber:in) / Pereira, Paulo (Herausgeber:in) / Congress, Surya Sarat Chandra (Autor:in) / Puppala, Anand J. (Autor:in) / Verreault, Louie (Autor:in) / Koterba, Dorota (Autor:in) / Gehrig, Jason (Autor:in)
International Conference on Trends on Construction in the Post-Digital Era ; 2022 ; Guimarães, Portugal
20.11.2022
11 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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