ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Over the last decade, the possibilities of detecting structural damage have significantly increased, due to new techniques like identifying material cracks through scanners, drones or other advanced measuring instruments. Nevertheless, the methods of storing the measured data are still limited to graphical representations of the damage or datasets which have no context to the building. Due to this, the damage of structures must be evaluated and categorized manually by experts. The possibilities of a computer-aided analysis, in which tools for filtering or reasoning could be executed are restricted because of a missing data model for structural damage. Therefore, a model to digitalize structural damage is developed and discussed in this article. The data of the structure is stored in a BIM model which uses a standardized data format, the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) and by using a multi model approach, both models are connected.
