Virtual Tour (VT), Informational Modeling (IM), and Augmented Reality (AR) for Visual Inspections (VI) and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)

Existing infrastructure in the U.S. is deteriorating; the symptoms of overdue maintenance and under investment are ever-present in U.S. society. To ensure the safety of existing infrastructure, on-site life-time inspections and monitoring are required. While these methods yield a great deal of raw and analyzed data, current methods can lead to mismanagement of infrastructure resources. New technologies such as virtual and augmented reality, combined with informational modeling, have a great potential to overcome this issue. The objective of this work is to create a method and associated software for integrating, documenting, accessing, and visualizing lifetime inspections and monitoring data and metadata of infrastructure using virtual tours (VT), informational modeling (IM), and augmented reality (AR). A practical outcome of the project will be a demonstration software that can be accessed on a mobile device, laptop, desk computer, virtual reality (VR) headset, or AR headset, depending on a user’s needs.

• Record URL:
  https://cait.rutgers.edu/research/virtual-tour-vt-informational-modeling-im-and-augmented-reality-ar-for-visual-inspections-vi-and-structural-health-monitoring-shm/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $150000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551847102

  CAIT-UTC-REG13

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation

  Rutgers University
  100 Brett Road
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854-8058

  Mistras Group

  195 Clarksville Road
  Princeton, NJ  United States  08550

  New Jersey Department of Transportation

  1035 Parkway Avenue
  Trenton, NJ  United States  08625
• Project Managers:

  Szary, Patrick

  Gostautas, Richard

  Reddy, Mula

• Performing Organizations:

  Princeton University

  Department of Civil Engineering
  Princeton, NJ  United States  08450
• Principal Investigators:

  Glisic, Branko

• Start Date: 20180901
• Expected Completion Date: 20200131
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Infrastructure; Inspection; Software; Structural health monitoring; Virtual reality
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Maintenance and Preservation; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01702278
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551847102, CAIT-UTC-REG13
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Apr 19 2019 11:07AM