Geodezija Ir Kartografija: To Cite This Article: Levent Ta
Geodezija Ir Kartografija: To Cite This Article: Levent Ta
Geodezija Ir Kartografija: To Cite This Article: Levent Ta
Geodezija ir Kartografija
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GEODEZIJA IR KARTOGRAFIJA / GEODESY AND CARTOGRAPHY
2008
34(4): 116–121
Abstract. The results of deformation measurements are related to direct safety of engineering structures and
human life. To avoid a wrong interpretation of displacements, an appropriate deformation monitoring network
must be established and the data obtained from deformation monitoring network must be carefully evaluated. De-
formation measurements and analysis require the use of very accurate surveying equipment and analysis methods.
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The Global Positioning System (GPS) meets the requirements stated above and therefore GPS receivers were used
for this research. The purpose of this work was to monitor and analyze the deformation at the crest of the Altýnkaya
dam caused by the water load at different water levels combined with the dam’s weight. The secondary goal was to
determine whether GPS measurements could meet the accuracy requirements for dam deformation measurements.
As working area the Altýnkaya dam is selected it is rockfill. In order to monitor and examine the deformation, a
monitoring network consisting of 6 reference points and 11 object points was established. Measurements were made
4 times over 2 years using dual frequency GPS receivers with static methods. The measurements were performed
and point coordinates have been determined. Then differences were calculated between periods and analyzed by
iterative weighted transformation and Least Absolute Sum methods to determine the points stability.
Keywords: dam, Global Positioning System, deformation measurements, deformation analysis.
coordinates have been transformed to a local topocen- 3. Robust methods for analyzing displacements
tric coordinate system because the obtained directions in In this work, for determining the displacements of de-
this system are incompatible with directions on the phy- formation monitoring network IWST (Iterative Weigh-
sical ground. Thus, Cartesian coordinates in the WGS-84 ted Similarity Transformation) and LAS robust methods
coordinate system must transform the plane coordinate are used. Robust methods are used when there is no pre-
system. For this process, deformation network must be vious information about the movement of points within
connected at least at three points of known coordinates the network (Singh, Setan 1999). IWST, developed by
in the national coordinate system. This process requires Chen (Chen 1983) in the New Brunswick University, is
more time and additional process. In this work, Cartesian known as the robust method.
coordinates in the WGS-84 system are transformed to the Calculated displacement values could be affected
local topocentric coordinate system. Because this method from data selection or from defining two different data
is more useful and easier, no additional measurements are while adjusting the measurements taken at two different
required to obtain the local topocentric coordinates. periods (Chen 1983). Therefore, the weight matrix is
The origin of local topocentric coordinate system obtained iteratively (Singh, Sefan 1999; Chen 1983; Gö-
(Pi) is at the ground point. Because of this feature the to- kalp 1997). Adjusted coordinates of the points xˆ1 , xˆ2 in
pocentric system (u) coordinate axis is taken as the sur- the deformation network and their cofactor (covariance)
face normal of elipsoid passing from ground point (Pi) matrices Qxˆ1, Qxˆ 2 are calculated with two separate adjus-
that is selected as the origin point. Positive direction of tments. Displacement values (d) and the cofactor matrix
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this axis is selected because it is directed towards the ze- of d Qd are calculated as
nith. Axis (n) surface normal of reference elipsoid on the
ground point (Pi) is taken as the origin point of system d = xˆ2 − xˆ1, (4)
and meridian plane including polar point (Fig. 1).
Qd = Qxˆ1 + Qxˆ 2 . (5)
At the beginning, weight matrix (W) are accepted
as W = I. This indicates that all the points in the network
have the same importance. Therefore solution is like hel-
mert transformation. If only some points are given unit
weight and the others zero weight, i.e. W = diag {I,0}
(Chen et al. 1990).
Then displacement values (d) are calculated from
Eq. 6.
d = S(W)d, (6)
here S(W) shows that S matrix, calculated with W = I,
Fig. 1. Local topocentric coordinate system
can be obtained as
(Wellenhof et al. 1992)
S = (I – H(HTWH)–1HTW). (7)
T transformation matrice Eq. (1):
H matrix for the 3D networks is written.
− sin λ cos λ 0
e 0 0 0 z 0 − y0 x0
T = − sin ϕ cos λ − sin ϕ sin λ cos ϕ . (1)
H = 0 e 0 − z 0 0 x0 y0 , (8)
cos ϕ cos λ cos ϕ sin λ sin ϕ
0 0 e y 0 − x 0 0 z 0
3m * 7
Horizontal plane (X0, Y0, Z0) is tangent in the point
where eT = (1,..........,1) and z0, y0, x0 are approximate co-
with Cartesian coordinate. e, n, u are components in the ordinate vectors with respect to centre of the network.
right-hand system and Cartesian coordinates are trans-
formed relative to Eq. (2): 1 m
X0i = Xi − ∑X ,
m 1 i0
ei Xi X 0
1 m
(2) Y0i = Yi − ∑ Yi 0 ,
ni = T Yi − Y0 . m1
ui Z Z
i 0 1 m
Z0i = Zi − ∑ Zi 0 . (9)
m1
Variance-covariance matrice of Local Topocentric
i i i
Coordinate System is given in Eq. (3): Above, z0 , y0 , x0 are the ith elements of z0, y0, x0
VCVENH = T *VCVXYZ * TT, (3) respectively, and zi, yi, xi are approximate coordinates of
point Pi and m is the number of the points in the network
where VCVXYZ is Variance-covariance matrice of Carte- (Kuang 1996; Öztürk, Şerbetçi 1992; Singh, Setan 2001).
sian coordinate system. This equation is used for trans- The main difference between LAS and IWST method
formation to Local Topocentric Coordinate System from is in forming the weight matrix (Chen 1983). In the IWST
GPS coordinates. and LAS methods, some points in a reference network
118 L. Tașçi. Dam deformation measurements with GPS
cannot be accepted as stable; in other words, not every σ20= (df1 σ201 + df2 σ202)/(df1 + df2), (15)
point has equal importance. Hence, in the beginning, the
where df1 and df2 are degrees of freedom used whi-
weight matrix (W) is accepted as W = I. While datum de-
le adjusting the first and second period measurements
termine, this indicates that all the points in the network
respectively. σ201 and σ202 are variance factors
have the same importance. Therefore the solution is simi-
lar to the Helmert transformation, if some points are given ci < F(1 – α, 1, df). (16)
unit weight and the others a zero weight, i.e. W = diag {I,
If the above equation is accepted, it may be said that
0} (Chen 1983; Chen et al. 1990). Hence the weight matrix the point is stable, otherwise it is unstable. In Eq. (16), α
can be obtained iteratively, as shown below. is significance level, df – the degree of freedom calculated
The weight matrix for IWST, from df = df1 + df2.
1 4. Application
Wk = Diag , (10/1)
di(k ) 4.1. Description of Altýnkaya dam
th th
where di(k) is the i component of the vector dk after k The Altýnkaya dam is located in 35 km southwest from
iteration. Bafra city of Samsun. It is the second largest embankment
The weight matrix for LAS, dam in Turkey. Fig. 2 shows a view of dam’s main struc-
ture and also a big part of the reservoir. The dam is built
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stable ground surrounding the dam. Fig. 2 shows a view depends on the accuracy of the instruments used. Thus,
of reference point and the deformation measurement in- the Minimum Norm Quadratic Unbiased Estimation
formation related to the reference network. For the mea- (MINQUE) method was used to determine the accuracy
surement plan on the reference network, the observation of the baseline measurements instead of taking the va-
period was selected 45 minutes with a sampling rate of lues that are given for the GPS receiver and by software
10 seconds. The satellite elevation mask was selected at manufacturers as above (Gökalp 1991). The accuracy of
15° in order to avoid multi-path effect and cycle slip er- baselines were calculated 4 mm horizontally and 6 mm
ror. Measurements at reference points were made on pil- vertically by MINQUE (TaŞçi, Gökalp 2002). There was
lars, therefore forced centering was achieved.
little difference between the given and calculated values.
In order to monitor and measure possible displa-
Therefore, the default values were used. A 2-dimensional
cements at the crest, 10 object points were established at
deformation analysis in the Altýnkaya dam was made
the crest, when the dam was built. Since that time only
one object point (numbered 0023) was added to the de- because of a lower accuracy of the Z components with
formation network (Fig. 3). This point was built becau- respect to the X and Y components. It was also assumed
se of the physical changes that had been observed in the that the vertical deformation caused by the weight of the
surrounding area. Two different measurement plans were dam did not exist. Therefore, only horizontal displace-
applied to the survey object points. Receiver locations and ments were determined and analyzed in this study. In
sessions related to the measurements are given in Fig. 2. order to see the real directions of the displacements, all
In the first plan, two receivers were set over points 1003 WGS 84 Cartesian coordinates were transformed to a lo-
and 1004. Then, the third receiver was set over each object cal topocentric coordinate system. For the transformati-
point about 30 minutes. In the second plan, a receiver was on, 0003 point has been accepted as the fix and the other
set over point 0003 during the all observation periods, and points has reduced the datum of this point. Variance-Co-
the other points were measured using a leapfrog method. variance matrice obtained from GeoGenius GPS softwa-
The main goal of this measurement plan was to correla- re is transformed to Variance-Covariance matrice of Lo-
te the observations and make loop closures. The object cal Topocentric Coordinate system. In the deformation
point measurements were taken using tripods with opti- analysis this Variance-Covariance matrice is used and
cal plummets and string plumb-bobs used for centring. displacements are determined.
Before commencing deformation measurements, all the
equipment was calibrated. In order to avoid or diminish 4.4. Determination of stable and unstable points in
any equipment errors, the same GPS receivers and anten- the deformation network using robust methods
nas were used at the same points in all periods.
In the process determining the movement points in the
4.3. Evaluation of GPS measurements network with IWST and LAS methods for each period
The measurements were processed with GeoGenius 2000 are tested according to α = 0,95. The first period is taken
software. The deformation network showed a maximum as the reference period. Therefore, according to reference
value of 0,9 mm horizontally and 1,7 mm vertically for period, as the periods 1–2, 1–3, 1–4 are formed. Point co-
the 4 observational periods. The adjusted coordinates ordinates E, N and their cofactor matrices Qx1, Qx2 were
and their covariances were obtained from a free network calculated with two separate free network adjustments.
adjustment. The accuracy of the measurements of the The IWST and LAS determined the displacement values
horizantal deformations and the vertical displacements (d) with two iterations (appendix 1).
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Reference points
1005 –3,5 0,0 –3,3 0,4 stable stable 2,4 –1,4 2,6 –0,8 stable stable –2,3 2,8 –1,8 1,4 stable stable
1006 –6,2 2,6 –5,9 3,2 unstable unstable –7,0 0,2 –6,8 1,0 unstable unstable –0,6 0,7 0,1 0,0 stable stable
3 3,9 –4,9 4,3 –4,3 unstable unstable 6,4 –5,0 6,6 –4,2 unstable unstable 7,4 –3,5 7,5 –4,2 unstable unstable
5 1,8 –1,2 2,2 –0,6 stable stable 4,6 1,5 4,8 2,3 stable unstable 4,5 –0,1 4,7 –0,7 stable unstable
7 4,6 0,0 4,9 1,0 unstable unstable 5,8 –2,9 6,1 –2,1 unstable unstable 4,1 2,5 4,2 1,8 unstable unstable
9 4,9 0,0 5,2 0,4 stable unstable 3,3 –1,7 3,6 –0,9 stable stable 7,5 3,2 7,6 2,6 unstable unstable
11 4,4 3,6 4,7 4,2 unstable unstable 7,5 0,3 7,7 1,2 stable unstable 3,0 0,6 3,1 10,0 unstable unstable
13 –2,4 4,7 –2,1 5,3 unstable unstable –1,8 3,1 –1,6 3,9 stable stable –3,5 7,7 –2,9 7,3 unstable unstable
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15 0,0 –2,7 0,6 –2,2 stable stable 0,0 –6,0 0,4 –5,3 unstable unstable 0,2 –4,4 1,0 –4,5 unstable unstable
Object points
17 0,0 –2,5 0,3 –1,9 stable stable –5,3 2,2 –5,2 3,0 unstable unstable –3,7 2,6 –2,8 1,9 stable unstable
19 –4,8 –4,3 –4,5 –3,8 unstable unstable –7,6 –1,0 –7,4 –0,2 unstable unstable –5,8 –2,4 –5,4 –3,0 unstable unstable
21 0,0 0,0 –0,3 0,9 stable stable –2,1 1,0 –1,9 1,9 stable stable 0,4 –2,7 –0,5 –3,3 stable stable
23 2,1 –4,5 2,4 –3,9 stable unstable –1,7 –4,5 –1,5 –3,8 stable stable –1,1 –1,9 –1,0 –2,2 stable stable
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