10443 (v.3) Precise Engineering and Deformation Surveys 682
| Area: | Department of Spatial Sciences |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
| Other: | 1 x 5 Hours Weekly |
| Other Requisite(s): | Admission: to Postgraduate Spatial Science program.
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| Syllabus: | Directed study and research. Special topics related to advanced engineering surveying. Special surveying methods and instrumentation of high precision. Applications of laser scanning. Principles, operational aspects and integration with other sensors (eg GPS, INS). Spatial measurements of high precision coordination methods for industrial setting-out and quality assurance. Instrumentation, calibration, observing procedures and accuracy assessment. Integrated analysis of deformations, methods of measuring deformation of natural and man-made structures, determination of deformations (finite element method with least squares adjustment). Applications of GPS, fast-static, kinematic, real-time kinematic, integration of GPS and terrestrial surveying data, GPS quality assurance. The photogrammetric process (hardware, software, problems and limitations) to industrial, mining and structural engineering. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have - Become familiar with the observational methods and data analysis techniques used in precise engineering and deformation surveys. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
| Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Written reports (3) 100%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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