English
Related papers

Related papers: Multi-stage Bridge Inspection System: Integrating …

200 papers

The high structural deficient rate poses serious risks to the operation of many bridges and buildings. To prevent critical damage and structural collapse, a quick structural health diagnosis tool is needed during normal operation or…

Applications · Statistics 2018-12-10 Yizheng Liao , Anne S. Kiremidjian , Ram Rajagopal , Chin-Hsuing Loh

Image-based crack detection algorithms are increasingly in demand in infrastructure monitoring, as early detection of cracks is of paramount importance for timely maintenance planning. While deep learning has significantly advanced crack…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Ghodsiyeh Rostami , Po-Han Chen , Mahdi S. Hosseini

Bridge Health Monitoring (BHM) enables early damage detection of bridges and is thus critical for avoiding more severe damages that might result in major financial and human losses. However, conventional BHM systems require dedicated…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-12 Jingxiao Liu , Siyuan Yuan , Bin Luo , Biondo Biondi , Hae Young Noh

Structural health monitoring (SHM) ensures the safety and longevity of structures like buildings and bridges. As the volume and scale of structures and the impact of their failure continue to grow, there is a dire need for SHM techniques…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-19 Xuyang Li , Hamed Bolandi , Mahdi Masmoudi , Talal Salem , Nizar Lajnef , Vishnu Naresh Boddeti

We propose a novel dataset that has been specifically designed for 3D semantic segmentation of bridges and the domain gap analysis caused by varying sensors. This addresses a critical need in the field of infrastructure inspection and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Maximilian Kellner , Mariana Ferrandon Cervantes , Yuandong Pan , Ruodan Lu , Ioannis Brilakis , Alexander Reiterer

Efficient structural damage localization remains a challenge in structural health monitoring (SHM), particularly when the problem is coupled with uncertainty of conditions and complexity of structures. Traditional methods simply based on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-29 Owais Saleem , Tim Suchan , Natalie Rauter , Kathrin Welker

Periodical inspection and maintenance of critical infrastructure such as dams, penstocks, and locks are of significant importance to prevent catastrophic failures. Conventional manual inspection methods require inspectors to climb along a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-09-19 Ty Nguyen , Tolga Ozaslan , Ian D. Miller , James Keller , Giuseppe Loianno , Camillo J. Taylor , Daniel D. Lee , Vijay Kumar , Joseph H. Harwood , Jennifer Wozencraft

Reliably identifying reinforced concrete defects (RCDs)plays a crucial role in assessing the structural integrity, traffic safety, and long-term durability of concrete bridges, which represent the most common bridge type worldwide.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-04 Johannes Flotzinger , Philipp J. Rösch , Thomas Braml

Wireless sensor network (WSN) based SHM systems have shown significant improvement as compared to traditional wired-SHM systems in terms of cost, accuracy, and reliability of the monitoring. However, due to the resource-constrained nature…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-18 Rahul Kumar Verma , K. K. Pattanaik , P. B. R. Dissanayake , A. J. Dammika , H. A. D. Samith Buddika , Mosbeh R. Kaloop

This paper investigates the automated recognition of structural bridge components using video data. Although understanding video data for structural inspections is straightforward for human inspectors, the implementation of the same task…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-01 Yasutaka Narazaki , Vedhus Hoskere , Tu A. Hoang , Billie F. Spencer

Monitoring construction progress is crucial yet resource-intensive, prompting the exploration of computer-vision-based methodologies for enhanced efficiency and scalability. Traditional data acquisition methods, primarily focusing on indoor…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Sri Ramana Saketh Vasanthawada , Pengkun Liu , Pingbo Tang

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a key tool for monitoring construction sites, where aligning the evolving as-built state with the as-planned design enables early error detection and reduces costly rework. LiDAR-based SLAM…

Current methods of practice for inspection of civil infrastructure typically involve visual assessments conducted manually by trained inspectors. For post-earthquake structural inspections, the number of structures to be inspected often far…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-05-04 Vedhus Hoskere , Yasutaka Narazaki , Tu Hoang , BillieF Spencer

Urban roads and infrastructure, vital to city operations, face growing threats from subsurface anomalies like cracks and cavities. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) effectively visualizes underground conditions employing electromagnetic (EM)…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-29 Xiren Zhou , Shikang Liu , Xinyu Yan , Yizhan Fan , Xiangyu Wang , Yu Kang , Jian Cheng , Huanhuan Chen

Visual-Spatial Systems has become increasingly essential in concrete crack inspection. However, existing methods often lacks adaptability to diverse scenarios, exhibits limited robustness in image-based approaches, and struggles with curved…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Pengru Deng , Jiapeng Yao , Chun Li , Su Wang , Xinrun Li , Varun Ojha , Xuhui He

Cracks provide an essential indicator of infrastructure performance degradation, and achieving high-precision pixel-level crack segmentation is an issue of concern. Unlike the common research paradigms that adopt novel artificial…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Zhili He , Wang Chen , Jian Zhang , Yu-Hsing Wang

Large-scale foundation models have become the mainstream deep learning method, while in civil engineering, the scale of AI models is strictly limited. In this work, a vision foundation model is introduced for crack segmentation. Two…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-24 Kang Ge , Chen Wang , Yutao Guo , Yansong Tang , Zhenzhong Hu , Hongbing Chen

Construction safety inspection remains mostly manual, and automated approaches still rely on task-specific datasets that are hard to maintain in fast-changing construction environments due to frequent retraining. Meanwhile, field inspection…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-17 Hossein Naderi , Alireza Shojaei , Philip Agee , Kereshmeh Afsari , Abiola Akanmu

Routine and repetitive infrastructure inspections present safety, efficiency, and consistency challenges as they are performed manually, often in challenging or hazardous environments. They can also introduce subjectivity and errors into…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Jake McLaughlin , Nicholas Charron , Sriram Narasimhan

Timely assessment of integrity of structures after seismic events is crucial for public safety and emergency response. This study focuses on assessing the structural damage conditions using deep learning methods to detect exposed steel…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Abdullah Turer , Yongsheng Bai , Halil Sezen , Alper Yilmaz