Laboratory Application of Real-Time LiDAR Technology for Assessing Breach Morphology during the Failure of Earth Dams and Fluvial Dikes

Abstract

AbstractEmbankments such as fluvial dikes or dams may fail due to breaching caused by overtopping or internal erosion. The mechanisms associated with the temporal evolution of embankment breaching are still not fully understood. A deeper knowledge can be ...Practical ApplicationsThe study compares two technologies, time-of-flight (ToF) and structure from motion (SfM), for their ability to generate accurate 3D point clouds of embankment structures, particularly useful in monitoring and analyzing dike ...