Introduction

As transportation ventures become more intricate to structure and

manufacture, it is imperative to exploit suitable inventive
advancements for lessening venture process duration. Laser checking
is one such innovation that has possible advantages over standard
studying procedures, for example, absolute station or flying
photogrammetry for giving precise as-fabricated drawings. Laser
filtering is an earthbound laser-imaging framework that rapidly makes
an exceptionally precise three-dimensional (3D) picture of an article
for use in standard PC helped structure (CAD) programming bundles.
It is foreseen that such a framework can deliver more exact as-
manufactured information as well as drawings in less time contrasted
with the standard methodologies.

Laser scanners offer a wealth of information about a structure’s

surface in the form of a dense set of 3D point measurements using a
laptop computer, laser scanner, and tripod. Images are developed from
a pulsing laser beam capable of capturing approximately 2,000 data
points per second up to 150 meters away. Several terrestrial laser
imaging systems have been developed by the following companies:
Cyra, Maptek I-Site, Soisic, and Mensi. The operating principle is
similar for all devices (Patterson, 2001).

In this era of technology, the use of lasers has a very vast application
in highway engineering. It is used for various purposes like road
profiling, pavement surface deflection, bridge deflection, speed
checkers, etc. These techniques have eased human efforts by making
it simple and easy to use. If compared to older methods that were
cumbersome, these have higher accuracy as it is automated and
quicker in obtaining results, which is computed by a computer and
needs very less human power.

Lasers are used for different purposes such as path profiling,

deflection of the pavement board, deflection of the bridge, Speed
checkers, etc. Such methods simplified human activity by keeping it
quick and convenient to use.

This has better precision relative to older methods that were tedious
because it is automatic and quicker in achieving tests as everything is
measured by a computer and needs far little human resources.

Applications of Lasers in Highway Engineering

 Road Profiling

 Pavement Surface Deflections

 Bridge Deflection

 Speed Checkers
Road Profiling

The road profile is the shape of the road in the vertical plane along a
reference line. The profile of a way is determined around some
inexistent line or point that is lasting(permanent). Notwithstanding
rutting and different issues, the profile of a way brought a sidelong
line shows the over elevation and crown of the course plot. The
longitudinal profile shows the roughness, hardness, and design grade
of the material.

A laser profiler is used to find the following ingredients of a road

profile:

1. A reference elevation

2. A height relative to the reference, and

3. Longitudinal distance.

The laser based road surface profiler basically consists of the

following component:
 1. A transducer unit carrying laser sensors and accelerometers.

2. A PC with expansion slot capability.

Working of Road Surface Profiler