Precise determination of mini railway track with ground based laser scanning

In order to determine the relative or absolute railway track and foundation deformation, ground-based laser scanning technology is utilised in this study to attain a precise 3D track reference. Located at the University of Nottingham’s Innovation Park, the newly built Nottingham Geospatial Building,...

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Main Authors: Meng, Xiaolin, Liu, Chun, Li, Nan, Joe, Ryding
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2014
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35394/
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author Meng, Xiaolin
Liu, Chun
Li, Nan
Joe, Ryding
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Liu, Chun
Li, Nan
Joe, Ryding
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description In order to determine the relative or absolute railway track and foundation deformation, ground-based laser scanning technology is utilised in this study to attain a precise 3D track reference. Located at the University of Nottingham’s Innovation Park, the newly built Nottingham Geospatial Building, where the Nottingham Geospatial Institute is based, has a roof laboratory that has unique testing facilities. This includes a mini railway track of 120m in length and other long-term monitoring monuments. A test was performed to precisely determine the ground-truth location of the railway track using a phase-based laser scanner for the formation of a standard reference. A real three dimensional mesh of the laser scanning data forms the basis for the line extraction. The compactly supported radial basis function (CS-RBF) was employed to determine the track features based on a 3D mesh approach. To verify the achievable accuracy of laser scanning technology, ground truth points measured with geodetic methods are compared with the extracted sample points and the results are presented in this paper.
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spelling nottingham-353942020-05-04T20:17:14Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35394/ Precise determination of mini railway track with ground based laser scanning Meng, Xiaolin Liu, Chun Li, Nan Joe, Ryding In order to determine the relative or absolute railway track and foundation deformation, ground-based laser scanning technology is utilised in this study to attain a precise 3D track reference. Located at the University of Nottingham’s Innovation Park, the newly built Nottingham Geospatial Building, where the Nottingham Geospatial Institute is based, has a roof laboratory that has unique testing facilities. This includes a mini railway track of 120m in length and other long-term monitoring monuments. A test was performed to precisely determine the ground-truth location of the railway track using a phase-based laser scanner for the formation of a standard reference. A real three dimensional mesh of the laser scanning data forms the basis for the line extraction. The compactly supported radial basis function (CS-RBF) was employed to determine the track features based on a 3D mesh approach. To verify the achievable accuracy of laser scanning technology, ground truth points measured with geodetic methods are compared with the extracted sample points and the results are presented in this paper. Taylor & Francis 2014 Article PeerReviewed Meng, Xiaolin, Liu, Chun, Li, Nan and Joe, Ryding (2014) Precise determination of mini railway track with ground based laser scanning. Survey Review, 46 (336). pp. 213-218. ISSN 1752-2706 Railway track Ground based laser scanning Collision modelling Deformation of high speed railway http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1179/1752270613Y.0000000072#.V5X4waKAe5o doi:10.1179/1752270613Y.0000000072 doi:10.1179/1752270613Y.0000000072
spellingShingle Railway track
Ground based laser scanning
Collision modelling
Deformation of high speed railway
Meng, Xiaolin
Liu, Chun
Li, Nan
Joe, Ryding
Precise determination of mini railway track with ground based laser scanning
title Precise determination of mini railway track with ground based laser scanning
title_full Precise determination of mini railway track with ground based laser scanning
title_fullStr Precise determination of mini railway track with ground based laser scanning
title_full_unstemmed Precise determination of mini railway track with ground based laser scanning
title_short Precise determination of mini railway track with ground based laser scanning
title_sort precise determination of mini railway track with ground based laser scanning
topic Railway track
Ground based laser scanning
Collision modelling
Deformation of high speed railway
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