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Testing the measurability of steel sections with terrestrial laser scanners
When assessing the health of steel structures, capturing, and modelling the geometry is especially important. Point cloud-based technologies have special requirements; previous studies revealed certain challenges that are to be resolved. In this paper, we aimed to develop a method to investigate the effects that the surface reflectance, incidence angle, and distance have on the quality of the point cloud of steel sections. A controlled environment was established for the research, where three terrestrial laser scanners were used to measure four different steel specimens. For validation, we also made reference measurements with a structured light scanner. Due to a large amount of data, a workflow with own routines has been developed for processing the prepared measurement datasets. For standard steel sections, the comparative study clearly showed a significant influence of the section shape, resulting in occlusion and unfavorable incidence angles. Of the devices tested, the one de-signed for high-precision measurements showed the intensity highlighting phenomenon for highly reflective surfaces, however, the measurements demonstrate that with careful selection of measurement conditions and a few pre-processing steps, the technology is well suited for the assessment of steel structures.
Testing the measurability of steel sections with terrestrial laser scanners
When assessing the health of steel structures, capturing, and modelling the geometry is especially important. Point cloud-based technologies have special requirements; previous studies revealed certain challenges that are to be resolved. In this paper, we aimed to develop a method to investigate the effects that the surface reflectance, incidence angle, and distance have on the quality of the point cloud of steel sections. A controlled environment was established for the research, where three terrestrial laser scanners were used to measure four different steel specimens. For validation, we also made reference measurements with a structured light scanner. Due to a large amount of data, a workflow with own routines has been developed for processing the prepared measurement datasets. For standard steel sections, the comparative study clearly showed a significant influence of the section shape, resulting in occlusion and unfavorable incidence angles. Of the devices tested, the one de-signed for high-precision measurements showed the intensity highlighting phenomenon for highly reflective surfaces, however, the measurements demonstrate that with careful selection of measurement conditions and a few pre-processing steps, the technology is well suited for the assessment of steel structures.
Testing the measurability of steel sections with terrestrial laser scanners
SOMOGYI, Arpad (author) / SZABO-LEONE, Akos (author) / LOVAS, Tamás (author)
2022-12-28
doi:10.55779/ng2466
Nova Geodesia; Vol. 2 No. 4 (2022); 66 ; 2810-2754
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
TLS , steel section , geometry , measurement
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