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Articles | Volume XLII-2/W11
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W11-173-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W11-173-2019
04 May 2019
 | 04 May 2019

THE USE OF TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING TECHNIQUES TO EVALUATE INDUSTRIAL MASONRY CHIMNEY VERTICALITY

L. Barazzetti, M. Previtali, and F. Roncoroni

Keywords: Chimney, Inclination, Laser scanning, Monitoring, Surveying, Verticality

Abstract. This paper presents a strategy to measure verticality deviations (i.e. inclination) of tall chimneys. The method uses laser scanning point clouds acquired around the chimney to estimate vertical deviations with millimeter-level precision. Horizontal slices derived from the point cloud allows us to inspect the geometry of the chimney at different heights. Two methods able to estimate the center at different levels are illustrated and discussed. A first solution is a manual approach that uses traditional CAD software, in which circle fitting is manually carried out through point cloud slices. The second method is instead automatic and provides not only center coordinates, but also statistics to evaluate metric quality. Two case studies are used to explain the procedures for the digital survey and the measurement of vertical deviations: the chimney in the old slaughterhouse of Piacenza (Italy), and the chimney in Leonardo Campus at Politecnico di Milano (Italy).