Application of TLS Method in Digitization of Bridge Infrastructures: A Path to BrIM Development

Mohammadi, M; Rashidi, M; Mousavi, V; Yu, Y; Samali, B

Application of TLS Method in Digitization of Bridge Infrastructures: A Path to BrIM Development

Mohammadi, M Rashidi, M Mousavi, V Yu, Y

Samali, B

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Citation:: Remote Sensing, 2022, 14, (5)
Issue Date:: 2022-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Mohammadi, M
dc.contributor.author	Rashidi, M
dc.contributor.author	Mousavi, V
dc.contributor.author	Yu, Y https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9592-8191
dc.contributor.author	Samali, B
dc.date.accessioned	2023-04-03T22:08:18Z
dc.date.available	2023-04-03T22:08:18Z
dc.date.issued	2022-03-01
dc.identifier.citation	Remote Sensing, 2022, 14, (5)
dc.identifier.issn	2072-4292
dc.identifier.issn	2072-4292
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/169085
dc.description.abstract	Over the past years, bridge inspection practices and condition assessments were predi-cated upon long-established manual and paper-based data collection methods which were generally unsafe, time-consuming, imprecise, and labor-intensive, influenced by the experience of the trained inspectors involved. In recent years, the ability to turn an actual civil infrastructure asset into a detailed and precise digital model using state-of-the-art emerging technologies such as laser scanners has become in demand among structural engineers and managers, especially bridge asset managers. Although advanced remote technologies such as Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) are recently established to overcome these challenges, the research on this subject is still lacking a comprehensive methodology for a reliable TLS-based bridge inspection and a well-detailed Bridge Information Model (BrIM) development. In this regard, the application of BrIM as a shared platform including a geometrical 3D CAD model connected to non-geometrical data can benefit asset managers, and significantly improve bridge management systems. Therefore, this research aims not only to provide a practical methodology for TLS-derived BrIM but also to serve a novel sliced-based approach for bridge geometric Computer-Aided Design (CAD) model extraction. This methodology was further verified and demonstrated via a case study on a cable-stayed bridge called Werrington Bridge, located in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. In this case, the process of extracting a precise 3D CAD model from TLS data using the sliced-based method and a workflow to connect non-geomet-rical information and develop a BrIM are elaborated. The findings of this research confirm the reliability of using TLS and the sliced-based method, as approaches with millimeter-level geometric accuracy, for bridge inspection subjected to precise 3D model extraction, as well as bridge asset management and BrIM development.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	MDPI
dc.relation.ispartof	Remote Sensing
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3390/rs14051148
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	0203 Classical Physics, 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience, 0909 Geomatic Engineering
dc.title	Application of TLS Method in Digitization of Bridge Infrastructures: A Path to BrIM Development
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	14
utslib.for	0203 Classical Physics
utslib.for	0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
utslib.for	0909 Geomatic Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
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dc.date.updated	2023-04-03T22:07:23Z
pubs.issue	5
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	14
utslib.citation.issue	5

Abstract:

Over the past years, bridge inspection practices and condition assessments were predi-cated upon long-established manual and paper-based data collection methods which were generally unsafe, time-consuming, imprecise, and labor-intensive, influenced by the experience of the trained inspectors involved. In recent years, the ability to turn an actual civil infrastructure asset into a detailed and precise digital model using state-of-the-art emerging technologies such as laser scanners has become in demand among structural engineers and managers, especially bridge asset managers. Although advanced remote technologies such as Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) are recently established to overcome these challenges, the research on this subject is still lacking a comprehensive methodology for a reliable TLS-based bridge inspection and a well-detailed Bridge Information Model (BrIM) development. In this regard, the application of BrIM as a shared platform including a geometrical 3D CAD model connected to non-geometrical data can benefit asset managers, and significantly improve bridge management systems. Therefore, this research aims not only to provide a practical methodology for TLS-derived BrIM but also to serve a novel sliced-based approach for bridge geometric Computer-Aided Design (CAD) model extraction. This methodology was further verified and demonstrated via a case study on a cable-stayed bridge called Werrington Bridge, located in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. In this case, the process of extracting a precise 3D CAD model from TLS data using the sliced-based method and a workflow to connect non-geomet-rical information and develop a BrIM are elaborated. The findings of this research confirm the reliability of using TLS and the sliced-based method, as approaches with millimeter-level geometric accuracy, for bridge inspection subjected to precise 3D model extraction, as well as bridge asset management and BrIM development.

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