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Railway retaining walls

Terrestrial photogrammetric survey and crack mapping of two SBB retaining walls.

Concrete retaining wall beside the railway in Liestal
Client
SBB CFF FFS
Location
Liestal, BL
Material
Concrete

Concrete · Railway infrastructure

Terrestrial photogrammetric survey and crack mapping of two SBB retaining walls

Structure and inspection scope

Inspecting retaining walls beside an operating railway creates access constraints. For this project in Liestal, the image acquisition approach needed to work without a drone.

Inspection methodology

Approximately 13,000 images were captured at a resolution of 0.15–0.20 mm per pixel using an industrial-grade handheld camera. Our trained deep learning models were then used to segment and quantify cracks.

Inspection results

The survey was completed without interrupting rail traffic. The resulting crack pattern and estimated width supported detailed condition assessment.

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