Laser scanner and terrestrial surveying applied to gravitational deformation monitoring of large VLBI telescopes' primary reflector

Journal of Surveying Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 136-148

  Sarti, Pierguido ^a   Vittuari, Luca ^b   Abbondanza, Claudio ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deformation; Lasers; Surveys; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH-ELEVATION; DEFORMATION MONITORING; DEFORMATION PATTERN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FOCAL LENGTHS; GRAVITY DEFORMATION; GROUND CONTROL; LASER SCANNER; LASER SCANNING SURVEY; LEAST-SQUARES ADJUSTMENT; MAIN REFLECTORS; PARABOLIC MIRRORS; PATH LENGTH; POINT CLOUD; PRIMARY MIRRORS; RADIO SIGNALS; RELATIVE DEFORMATION; SAMPLING INTERVAL; SCALE FACTOR; TOTAL STATION; TRILATERATION; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

CLOUDS; FOCUSING; GRAVITATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RADIO TELESCOPES; REFLECTION; ROCK MECHANICS; SCANNING; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SURVEYS; TELESCOPES;

MIRRORS;

DEFORMATION; ELEVATION; GRAVIMETRY; LASER METHOD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; OBSERVATORY; SCANNER; SURVEYING; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 70350155867     PISSN: 07339453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000008     Document Type: Article

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