Development of a Visual Monitoring System for Deformation Measuring of Welded Members and its Application

Abstract

Recently, in the loading tests for steel members, the deformation value is measured by calculating a distance of both cross-heads. This measuring method encounters a test error due to various environmental factors, such as initial slip, etc.. Especially, in the case of welded members, the non-uniform deformation behavior in welded joints is observed because of the effect of welding residual stress and weld metal. This is mainly responsible for a test error and a loss of the reliability for used test instruments. Therefore, to improve the accuracy and the applicability of measuring system, it is necessary to employ a visual monitoring system which can accurately measure the local and overall deformation of welded members. In this paper, to accurately measure a deformation of welded members, a visual monitoring system (VMS) was developed by using three-dimensional digital photogrammetry. The VMS was applied to the loading tests of a welded member. The accuracy and the applicability of VMS was verified by comparing to the deformation value measured by a test instrument (MTS-810). The characteristics of the behavior near a welded joint were investigated by using VMS.

Application of a Photogrammetric System for Monitoring Civil Engineering Structures

“…The use of automatic measuring methods has been researched in several different industries (Hannah, 1989;Lee et al, 2006). The applications of digital photogrammetry are increased in various civil engineering structures (Han et al, 2001;Han & Song, 2003;Han et al, 2007Han et al, , 2008. It shows that the automatic and high-tech measuring system likeVisual Monitoring System (VMS) based on digital photogrammetry is able to apply to the stability evaluations of large civil engineering structures.…”