Surveying technologies overview

This page displays a list of all surveying technologies available. Click on any of the links for further details.

Surveying technology name	Civil engineering type	Material type	Performance indicators	Processes detected	Physical quantities measured	Full description
Acoustic Emission techniques (AE)			Displacement Cracks Deformation Wire breaks Delamination Rupture Reinforment bar failure and bending Debonding Holes Loss of section
Aerial UAV with optical payloads
Fibre optic sensors			Displacement Cracks Deformation Wire breaks Delamination Tensioning force deficiency Rupture Stirrup rupture Obstruction and impeding Debonding Holes Loss of section Deteriorated mortar joints
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)			Spalling Cracks Delamination Reinforcement bar corrosion Debonding Holes Loss of section
Guided Waves Propagation (GW) techniques			Spalling Displacement Cracks Wire breaks Delamination Tensioning force deficiency Vibration and oscillation Frequency Stirrup rupture Obstruction and impeding Reinforment bar failure and bending Debonding Holes Loss of section
Light Detection And Ranging or Laser Imaging Detection And Ranging (LiDAR)			Spalling Displacement Cracks Deformation Crushing Rupture Holes
Magnetic and electrical methods			Cracks Delamination Reinforment bar failure and bending Loss of section
Mechanical tests on cored samples			Displacement Cracks Deformation Wire breaks Delamination Tensioning force deficiency Rupture Prestressing cable Stirrup rupture Obstruction and impeding Reinforment bar failure and bending Debonding Holes Loss of section
Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) - Accelerometers			Prestressing cable failure Tensioning force deficiency Vibration and oscillation Frequency Reinforment bar failure and bending Loss of section
Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) - Clinometers			Deformation Reinforment bar failure and bending Loss of section
Optical and visual testing - Boroscopy and Endoscopy			Cracks Deformation Rupture Obstruction and impeding Holes
Qualitative chemical methods			Spalling Displacement Cracks Delamination Reinforcement bar corrosion Obstruction and impeding Debonding Loss of section
Quantitative chemical methods			Spalling Displacement Cracks Obstruction and impeding Debonding Loss of section
Radiological and nuclear methods			Displacement Cracks Deformation Delamination Rupture Debonding Loss of section Deteriorated mortar joints
Satellite remote sensing			Displacement Cracks Deformation Crushing Rupture Obstruction and impeding Debonding Holes
Surface measurements			Displacement Cracks Deformation Tensioning force deficiency Rupture Reinforment bar failure and bending Debonding Holes Loss of section
Water penetration test - Permeability test			Displacement Cracks Deformation Wire breaks Tensioning force deficiency Rupture Holes Loss of section
Water resistance - Absorption test			Spalling Cracks
Weight In Motion systems (WIM)			Overloading