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UAV Aerial Photogrammetry for Cross Sectional Extraction and Slope Stability Analysis in Forest Area

UAV 항공사진을 이용한 산림지 횡단면도 추출 및 사면안정성 평가

  • Kim, Taejin (Department of Rural Systems Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Son, Younghwan (Department of Rural Systems Engineering and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Jaesung (Division of Environmental Science & Technology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University) ;
  • Kim, Donggeun (Department of Rural Systems Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2017.10.24
  • Accepted : 2017.12.04
  • Published : 2018.01.31
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Abstract

The objective of this study is to extract the shape of the slope from the images acquired using UAV and evaluate its suitability and reliability when applied to slope stability analysis. UAV is relatively inexpensive and simple, and it is possible to make terrain survey by generating point clouds. However, the image acquired from UAV can not be directly photographed by the forest canopy due to the influence of trees, resulting in severe distortion of the terrain. In this study, therefore, the effects of forest canopy were verified and the slope stability analysis was performed. Images acquired in winter and summer were used, because summer images are heavily influenced by the forest canopy and winter images are not. As a result of the study, the winter image is suitable for the extraction of slope shape, but severe terrain distortion occurs in the summer image. Therefore, slope stability analysis using slope shape extracted from summer image is impossible, so it should be modified for slope stability analysis. The modified slope did not completely eliminate the distortion of the terrain, but it could express the approximate shape of the slope. As a result of the slope stability analysis, the location and shape of the failure surface are the same, and the error of the safety factor is less than 0.2, which is close to the actual slope.

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