Monitoring deformations of embankments in Arctic regions using unmanned aerial vehicle photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning

• Main Author: Stafford, Dylan
• Other Authors: Alfaro, Marolo (Civil Engineering), Arenson, Lukas (Civil Engineering) Paliwal, Jitendra (Biosystems Engineering)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Embankment; Permafrost; Deformation; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Photogrammetry; Structure-from-Motion; Terrestrial Laser Scanning; Arctic; Faro; Inuvik; Tuktoyaktuk; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/34593

Embankments in Arctic regions are typically constructed during winter with no cuts in the ground to preserve the permafrost foundation. These embankments are susceptible to deformations in the summer immediately following construction as ice within the embankment fill melts and in subsequent years a...