An important aspect of dam safety control is the inspection of internal structures. For this purpose, inspectors access maintenance galleries located within the dam cores, which traverse the structures. These galleries enable verification of the integrity of installed instrumentation, including structural sensor networks, as well as the detection of potential pathologies in the concrete core.
We employ proxsituated immersive environments to support the exploration of dam galleries and the analysis of structural dynamics data. Our approach focuses on the challenges and opportunities of interpreting structural information in its spatial context, relative to the sensors that recorded it. In particular, we address accelerometers—used to measure structural accelerations induced by dynamic phenomena such as seismic activity.
The virtual reality application enables users to navigate the galleries, select a specific accelerometer, and view its accelerogram for a seismic or dynamic event that occurred on a given date.
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