Measuring and monitoring of grain silos using laser scanning and total stations

Kelman, Oliver (2008) Measuring and monitoring of grain silos using laser scanning and total stations. [USQ Project]

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[Abstract]: In the last 10 years the laser scanning industry has grown to become a useful surveying tool in many industries. Laser scanning is now used in many areas such as mining, engineering, architecture and industrial pipe plant surveys. A laser scanner is a powerful survey tool that is able to survey and record upwards of fifty thousand points a second. This given today’s surveyor the option of recording vast amounts of field data in a fast and accurate manor.

For this project I will be conducting deformation surveys on a concrete grain silo. I will be comparing the methods and accuracies of monitoring the grain silo for deformation using both the Leica ScanStation2 and the Trimble S6 robotic total station. The monitoring of deformation in grain silos was chosen because silos in general are subject to failure and deformation than most other structures. This can be contributed to the vast amounts of pressure the silos suffer during loading, storage and unloading. Other factors that contribute to silo failure and deformation in silos include poor maintenance, incorrect storage materials and incorrect silo design.

This project used a Leica ScanStation2 to scan the silo and survey specified targets. The Trimble S6 total station was then used to survey the specified targets and use the laser scanning function to scan the silo. The results from the scan sessions were then analysed to compare the accuracies.


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Item Type: USQ Project
Refereed: No
Item Status: Live Archive
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: Historic - Faculty of Engineering and Surveying - Department of Surveying and Land Information (Up to 30 Jun 2013)
Date Deposited: 05 Aug 2009 05:45
Last Modified: 05 Aug 2009 05:45
Uncontrolled Keywords: grain silos; structural design; damage detection; deformation; concrete; laser imaging scans; 3D laser scanning
Fields of Research (2008): 09 Engineering > 0905 Civil Engineering > 090506 Structural Engineering
09 Engineering > 0909 Geomatic Engineering > 090903 Geospatial Information Systems
Fields of Research (2020): 40 ENGINEERING > 4005 Civil engineering > 400510 Structural engineering
40 ENGINEERING > 4013 Geomatic engineering > 401302 Geospatial information systems and geospatial data modelling
URI: https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/5527

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