Develop a UAV Platform for Automated Bridge Inspection

Details

• Creators:
  Yin, Zhaozheng ; Mao, Yunxiang ; Seto, Chris
• Corporate Creators:
  Missouri University of Science and Technology
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology ; University of Nebraska. Mid-America Transportation Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bridges
  • Drone aircraft
  • Field tests
  • Inspection
  • Prototypes
  • Remote sensing
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Validation Bridge health monitoring and inspection
  • quadcopter
• Publication/ Report Number:
  25-1121-0003-295
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Minnesota
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mid-America Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  Inspecting the health of bridges is important to maintain the operation of a road network while protecting public users’ safety. However, routinely inspecting numerous bridges in a state over a long time period by human is a labor-intense and costly task, or a dangerous task in some environments such as inspecting the underneath of a bridge spanning across a rushing river. This project seeks to develop an automated bridge inspection technology that can make the inspection process safer, more efficient and convenient. The focus of this research is to study the technical foundation of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system capable of remotely inspecting bridges with sensors without interfering with road operation. The applicability of this technique will be validated by a prototype UAV system with field testing.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36612/dot_36612_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.41 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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