Review of Earth science research using terrestrial laser scanning

J Telling, A Lyda, P Hartzell, C Glennie - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The application of advanced remote sensing technologies, including terrestrial laser
scanning (TLS), to the Earth sciences has increased rapidly in the last two decades …

Semi-automatic extraction of rock mass structural data from high resolution LIDAR point clouds

G Gigli, N Casagli - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper a Matlab tool called DiAna (Discontinuity Analysis), for the 2D and 3D geo-
structural analysis of rock mass discontinuities on high resolution laser scanning data is …

An investigation of discontinuity roughness scale dependency using high-resolution surface measurements

BSA Tatone, G Grasselli - Rock mechanics and rock engineering, 2013 - Springer
The influence of roughness on the hydro-mechanical behavior of rock discontinuities has
long been recognized. As a result, several definitions and measures of roughness have …

Automatic mapping of discontinuity persistence on rock masses using 3D point clouds

A Riquelme, R Tomás, M Cano, JL Pastor… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2018 - Springer
Finding new ways to quantify discontinuity persistence values in rock masses in an
automatic or semi-automatic manner is a considerable challenge, as an alternative to the …

Development of an elliptical fitting algorithm to improve change detection capabilities with applications for deformation monitoring in circular tunnels and shafts

G Walton, D Delaloye, MS Diederichs - Tunnelling and Underground …, 2014 - Elsevier
Terrestrial laser scanning, also known as Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is an
emerging technology that has many proven uses in the geotechnical engineering …

Evaluation of the use of UAV photogrammetry for rock discontinuity roughness characterization

R Salvini, C Vanneschi, JS Coggan… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2020 - Springer
This paper describes the results of a field investigation with the objective of evaluating the
possibility to produce drone-derived 3D digital point clouds sufficiently dense and accurate …

Rapid mapping and analysing rock mass discontinuities with 3D terrestrial laser scanning in the underground excavation

S Chen, ML Walske, IJ Davies - … Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2018 - Elsevier
Whilst laser scanning techniques have been shown to facilitate rapid identification and
analysis of rock mass characteristics, relatively little research has been conducted for 3D …

[PDF][PDF] Automated rock mass characterisation using 3-D terrestrial laser scanning

S Slob - 2010 - research.utwente.nl
The research that is presented in this thesis investigates the possibility of using point cloud
data from 3-D terrestrial laser scanning as a basis to characterise discontinuities in exposed …

[图书][B] Quantitative characterization of natural rock discontinuity roughness in-situ and in the laboratory

BSA Tatone - 2009 - library-archives.canada.ca
The surface roughness of unfilled rock discontinuities has a major influence on the hydro-
mechanical behaviour of discontinuous rock masses. Although it is widely recognized that …

Extraction of discontinuity sets of rocky slopes using iPhone-12 derived 3DPC and comparison to TLS and SfM datasets

A Riquelme, R Tomás, M Cano, JL Pastor… - ISRM EUROCK, 2021 - onepetro.org
Characterisation of a rock mass requires data from the intact rock along with the
discontinuities. Assuming that the discontinuities are planar, its characterisation requires its …