Image‐based crack assessment of bridge piers using unmanned aerial vehicles and three‐dimensional scene reconstruction

• Published in: Computer-aided civil and infrastructure engineering Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 511 - 529
• Main Authors: Liu, Yu‐Fei, Nie, Xin, Fan, Jian‐Sheng, Liu, Xiao‐Gang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2020
• Subjects: Bridge piers; Bridges; Cracks; Distortion; Error analysis; Field tests; Image detection; Image reconstruction; Inspection; Localization; Three dimensional models; Unmanned aerial vehicles

Crack assessment of bridge piers using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) eliminates unsafe factors of manual inspection and provides a potential way for the maintenance of transportation infrastructures. However, the implementation of UAV‐based crack assessment for real bridge piers is hindered by sev...