Control measurements of crane rails performed by terrestrial laser scanning

Kregar, Klemen (author), Možina, Jan (author), Ambrožič, Tomaž (author), Kogoj, Dušan (author), Marjetič, Aleš (author), Štebe, Gašper (author), Savšek, Simona (author)

This article presents a method for measuring the geometry of crane rails with terrestrial laser scanning (TLS). Two sets of crane rails were divided into segments, their planes were adjusted, and the characteristic rail lines were defined. We used their profiles to define the positional and altitude deviations of the rails, the span and height difference between the two rails, and we also verified that they complied with the Eurocode 3 standard. We tested the method on crane rails at the hydroelectric power plant in Krško and the thermal power plant in Brestanica. We used two scanning techniques: “pure” TLS (Riegel VZ-400) and “hybrid” TLS (Leica MS50) scanning. This article’s original contribution lies in the detailed presentation of the computations used to define the characteristic lines of the rails without using the numeric procedures from existing software packages. We also analysed the influence of segment length and point density on the rail geometry results, and compared the two laser scanning techniques. We also compared the results obtained by terrestrial laser scanning with the results obtained from the classic polar method, which served as a reference point for its precision.

• Language: English
• Keywords: crane rail, terrestrial laser scanning, control measurements
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FGG - Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2017
• Number of pages: 20 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 17, iss. 7, art. 1671
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-131075
• UDC: 621.87:528.48
• ISSN on article: 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s17071671
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8117345
• Publication date in RUL: 22.09.2021

KREGAR, Klemen, MOŽINA, Jan, AMBROŽIČ, Tomaž, KOGOJ, Dušan, MARJETIČ, Aleš, ŠTEBE, Gašper and SAVŠEK, Simona, 2017, Control measurements of crane rails performed by terrestrial laser scanning. Sensors [online]. 2017. Vol. 17, no. 7,  1671. [Accessed 27 August 2025]. DOI 10.3390/s17071671. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=131075

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Sensors
• Shortened title: Sensors
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 1424-8220
• COBISS.SI-ID: 10176278

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 20.07.2017

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: žerjavne proge, terestrično lasersko skeniranje, kontrolne meritve