Tunnel-boring machine positioning during microtunneling operations through integrating automated data collection with real-time computing

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-85

  Shen, Xuesong ^a   Lu, Ming ^a,b   Chen, Wu ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automation; Microtunneling; Navigation; Robotics; Trenchless technology

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; AUTOMATED DATA COLLECTION; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; GUIDANCE SYSTEM; MICRO-TUNNELING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MOVING OBJECTS; MULTIPLE TARGETS; OBSERVATION POINT; PIPE JACKING; POINT COORDINATES; POINT POSITIONING; PROS AND CONS; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; REAL TIME; REAL TIME COMPUTING; ROBOTIC TOTAL STATION; ROTATION ANGLES; TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGIES; TUNNEL ALIGNMENTS; VECTOR OBSERVATIONS;

BORING; BORING MACHINES (MACHINE TOOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; INTEGRATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NAVIGATION; REMOTE CONTROL; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SURVEYS;

EARTH BORING MACHINES;

EID: 78650365273     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000250     Document Type: Article

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