Conventional distress detection method which dealing with each image through single algorithm and under single scale with lower efficiency. A robust and high-efficiency model for segmentation and distress statistic of massive pavement images which based on multi-scale space is proposed in this paper. It based on the facts that: (1) the crack pixels in pavement images are darker than their surro...

The Heavy Weight Deflectometer (HWD) test is one of the most widely used tests for assessing the structural integrity of airport pavements in a non-destructive manner. The elastic moduli of the individual pavement layers “backcalculated” from the HWD deflection measurements are effective indicators of layer condition. Most of the backcalculation programs that are currently in use do not account...

The occurrence of a wet-pavement crash is actually a complex system, and to a large degree nonlinear, as the behavior of drivers and the interaction between roadway and vehicle characteristics tend to be nonlinear. As a result, prediction of wet-pavement crashes is difficult to model mathematically. Fuzzy logic models, however, can model nonlinear functions of enormous complexity, and can be bu...

An accurate and regular survey of the road surface distresses is a key factor for pavement rehabilitation design and management, allowing public managers to maximize the value of the continuously limited budgets for road improvements and maintenance. Manual pavement distress surveys are labor-intensive, expensive and unsafe for highly-trafficked highways. Over the years, automated surveys using...

Urban heat island (UHI) countermeasures are of growing interest for cities. Field studies of their micro-climatic effects are scarce, yet are essential to properly evaluate their effectiveness and that of anti-UHI policies. The standard approach to determining their micro-climatic effects is to study the difference in measurements made at case and control stations. However, measurements conduct...

three dimensioned finite element analysis were conducted on concrete block paving. in order to verify the calculated results, an experimental case study was analyzed. good agreement was observed between the measured and the calculated results. based on the finite element analysis results and available failure models, comprehensive design charts were developed for port and industrial pavement wh...

Subgrade moisture content varies with environmental and soil conditions and has significant influence on pavement performance. Therefore, it is important to establish realistic estimates of expected subgrade moisture contents to account for the effects of this variable on predicted pavement performance during the design stage properly. The initial boundary soil suction profile for a given pavem...

Government agencies and consulting companies in charge of pavement management face the challenge of maintaining pavements in serviceable conditions throughout their life from the functional and structural standpoints. For this, the assessment and prediction of the pavement conditions are crucial. This study proposes a neuro-fuzzy model to predict the performance of flexible pavements using the ...

This study proposes an inventory analysis method to evaluate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Portland cement concrete pavement construction, based on a case project in the west of China. The concrete pavement construction process was divided into three phases, namely raw material production, concrete manufacture and pavement onsite construction. The GHG emissions of the three phases are...

Snow and ice removal and clearing roadways after a winter storm account for major portion of roadway agencies located in snowy region’s maintenance budget. With the decreasing funds and increasing demand from the motoring public for mobility, roadway agencies are continuously looking for new innovative approaches for winter maintenance operations. One of the main focus of these approaches inclu...