Proceedings of the TMIC 2022 Slope Stability Conference (TMIC 2022)

Novel Approach for Particle Size Distribution Analysis. Applied Case to Rockfills and Waste Dumps Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Authors
Marco Arrieta1, *
1Fernie, Canada
*Corresponding author. Email: marco.r.arrieta@hotmail.com
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Marco Arrieta
Available Online 1 March 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-104-3_2How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Particle Size Distribution (PSD); Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV); Photogrammetry
Abstract

This paper describes the workflow and results for Particle Size Distribution (PSD) analysis using UAV photogrammetry for waste rockfill materials. A methodology for digital detection and statistical measurement of PSD derived from UAV-SfM photogrammetry is presented. The comparative results between field and digital measurements indicate that the average deviation, and standard deviation between the manually and digitally particle size vary between 12.3 mm and 49.9 mm for the field measurements and 16.9 mm and 52.5 mm for UAV in the different materials. PSD estimated using conventional and image processing shows a 4 mm an average difference between the measurements showing the potential use of the UAV technology and image processing to estimate PSD, leading to implement as standard practice aerial photogrammetry as an alternative to conventional sieve analysis for PSD estimation.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the TMIC 2022 Slope Stability Conference (TMIC 2022)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Engineering
Publication Date
1 March 2023
ISBN
978-94-6463-104-3
ISSN
2589-4943
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-104-3_2How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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