USING VIRTUAL REALITY AND GIS TECHNICS FOR VISUALIZATION, SIMULATION
AND EDITING OF APPARENT RISKS IN PIPELINES

Robson da Cunha Santos, Gerson Gomes Cunha
University of Cidade - UniverCidade
Rua Humaitá 275, 22261-000, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
UFRJ/COPPE/PEC/LAMCE
P.O.BOX 68552, CEP 21949-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ-Brazil
robsons@coc.ufrj.br

KEYWORDS
Pipeline, Geotechnical, Risk, Geo-referenced, Virtual
Reality, Simulation.

ABSTRACT
During construction of pipeline systems, the
companies have to install pipes through regions with
complex geology and morphology. These regions can
present aspects of geological and geotechnical risks, which
can compromise the structural integrity of the pipes, by
movement of the solids and interaction between soil and
pipe. It was created a system capable of evaluating this
regions based on digitalized data of aerial photographs
(orthophotos), coordinates of control instruments and onground
topograph. The system was developed consisting of
a tridimensional environment (3D) using technics of virtual
reality (VR) was developed, to support the analysis of
existing problems. The system is completely georeferenced,
which permits defining adequate solutions for
the projects as well as avoiding problems for some specific
areas. In addition, the system permits interaction with
specialists, enabling them to indicate directly on the 3D
images, the “risk aspects” for further field evaluations in
order to take adequate decisions.