Pavement monitoring using unmanned aerial vehicles: an overview

PRT Peddinti, H Puppala, B Kim - Journal of Transportation …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Pavement monitoring involves periodic damage detection and condition assessment of
pavements for efficient pavement management. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based …

[HTML][HTML] Safety risk assessment of low-volume road segments on the Tibetan plateau using UAV LiDAR data

Y Zhang, X Dou, H Zhao, Y Xue, J Liang - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The intricate topography and numerous hazards of highland roads contribute to a
significantly higher incidence of traffic accidents on these roads compared to those on the …

[HTML][HTML] Reactive UAV-based automatic tunnel surface defect inspection with a field test

R Zhang, G Hao, K Zhang, Z Li - Automation in Construction, 2024 - Elsevier
This work addresses the problem of automatic tunnel surface defect inspection using
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The research aims at proposing a robust and efficient …

[HTML][HTML] Automated Pavement Construction Inspection Using Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)—Hot Mixed Asphalt (HMA) Temperature Segregation

R Samsami, A Mukherjee, CN Brooks - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
Temperature segregation in Hot Mixed Asphalt (HMA) pavement construction leads to
performance problems, such as reduced fatigue life. During construction, Quality Assurance …

Use of small unmanned aircraft systems in airfield pavement inspection: implementation and potential

MAA Sourav, H Ceylan, C Brooks… - … Journal of Pavement …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Routine maintenance can make an airfield pavement last for an extended period and
regular pavement inspections help to identify the need for such maintenance. There is scope …

Use of Digital Elevation Model for Detecting Airfield Pavement Distress

MA All Sourav, H Ceylan, S Kim, C Brooks… - Airfield and Highway …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
ABSTRACT A digital elevation model (DEM) is a topographic representation of a bare
surface, usually referring to the Earth's surface. DEMs have been used for flood assessment …

[HTML][HTML] Practical Lessons Learned from Planning, Collecting, Processing, and Analyzing Small Unmanned Aircraft System Data for Airfield Pavement Inspection

MAA Sourav, H Ceylan, C Brooks, D Peshkin, S Kim… - 2022 - rosap.ntl.bts.gov
A small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) or drone has proven to be a valuable tool for civil
infrastructure inspection, highway inspection, unpaved road inspection, bridge inspection …