Abstract

This article will discuss how terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is used in the structural health monitoring of structures. TLS is a technique that remotely obtains the three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of an object using laser pulses. It is advantageous when used to obtain the 3D coordinates of the overall shape as well as any particular area or point of a target object. In addition, using TLS for the stress monitoring of structures will not require the installation of a sensor on the target structure whose structural response will be assessed. Therefore, TLS can resolve the limitations of conventional sensors based on strain monitoring. This article presents a computational model for the automatic estimation of the stresses of beam structures using TLS in association with a finite element method. The method is experimentally applied to the stress estimation of a simply supported steel beam subjected to a concentrated load.

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