Lund University Publications (Lund University)
•01 Jan 2021Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been used for monitoring construction and operation of civil infrastructure as well as industrial facilities and power plants.Their operational simplicity along with time-and-cost-related benefits have already rendered them attractive for structural surveying.Nevertheless, the field of UAV research currently lacks a targeted employment of UAVs for the structural health monitoring and management.Therefore, this report provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of research work and industrial applications focusing on the employment of UAVs for inspection, monitoring and maintenance oriented towards facilitating an efficient structural health management.The latest developments in UAV and sensing technologies are also discussed while technological and methodological potentials as well as future challenges are identified in order to promote an efficient UAV-based infrastructure information and integrity management.