Calibration methodology of a vision system for measuring the displacements of long-deck suspension bridges

Structural Control and Health Monitoring

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 385-404

  Santos, Carlos Almeida ^a   Costa, Carlos Oliveira ^a   Batista, Jorge Pereira ^b  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

affine camera; displacements; long range photogrammetry; non contact measuring system; structural health monitoring; suspension bridge; vision metrology

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION AND TRACKING; CALIBRATION DATA; CALIBRATION METHODOLOGIES; CALIBRATION PROCESS; CALIBRATION TARGETS; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; DISPLACEMENTS; FACTORIZATION METHODS; IN-SITU; INITIAL ESTIMATION; NON-CONTACT; NON-CONTACT MEASURING; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION EXPERIMENT; OBJECT SHAPE; PARAMETERS ESTIMATION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SAFETY EVALUATIONS; SHAPE RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSVERSAL DISPLACEMENT; VISION METROLOGY; VISION SYSTEMS; VISION-BASED MEASUREMENTS;

BRIDGE DECKS; CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENTS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; SUSPENSION BRIDGES;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 84859712138     PISSN: 15452255     EISSN: 15452263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stc.438     Document Type: Article

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