SEABIM® is a patented scan to BIM process that can generate a reliable and complete 3D model of a rubble-mound breakwater precast protective layer (Xbloc®, Accropode™, Core-loc™ etc.). Using computer vision techniques, the known 3D shape of the Concrete Armour Units is detected in a high-resolution point cloud, which allows to obtain their position and orientation. By superimposing 3D models produced from different scans, the movement of each block can be computed.
This tool has been applied to numerous real-scale projects since 2019 both in the monitoring of newly built infrastructures and in the asset management phase. Breakwater physical models in laboratories, in wave flumes or basins, also require monitoring the movement of reduced-scale blocks between each wave series. With SEABIM this movement can be computed with accuracy for each block, allowing for a consistent evaluation of the armour layer response to wave loads.
