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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Structural inspection"”.
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Digital twins for structural inspection, assessment, and management
… data collected from a UAS-enabled remote sensing inspection and computational models that support decision-making regarding the maintenance and operation of structures. The data analysis module identifies the location, extent, and growth of a defect over time, the structural components, and …
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LLM-as-Judge for Reliable Crack Segmentation in Edge-Based Structural Inspection
… and segmentation are fundamental tasks in structural health monitoring, enabling early identification of damage in critical infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and buildings. While deep learning models—particularly convolutional encoder--decoder architectures—have achieved high accuracy …
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Autonomous vision-based inspection of RC railway bridges for rapid post-earthquake response and recovery
… proposes a framework for autonomous vision-based inspection of reinforced concrete (RC) railway bridges to realize rapid post-earthquake response and recovery, which are crucial for minimizing the disruptions to people’s lives and business. Currently, after an earthquake, coarse preliminary …
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Structural Damage Detection Utilizing Experimental Mode Shapes
<p>A method of locating structural damage is developed and tested to aid in the evaluation of structural health. This method will help minimize the cost of structural inspection and repair by informing engineers of where damage, due a seismic event, has occurred before the removal of finishes for …
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Design, evaluation, and validation of a naval ship structural health monitoring tool
The US Navy implements structural preventative maintenance procedures onboard its vessels using ship's personnel inspection. These procedures have been largely successful in identifying major problem areas before any interference with mission execution has occurred. However, changes in the Navy's …
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Autonomous wireless smart sensor for monitoring of railroad bridges
… components of the railroad system. Current structural inspection practice does not ensure sufficient information for both short- and long-term condition assessment, while keeping the operation cost sufficiently low for mandatory annual inspection. This research focuses on developing an …
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Development of a Novel Thermal Shock test for isostatically Pressed Carbon-Bonded Refractories
… for the analysis of non-brittle failure. Micro-structural inspection of tested specimens provides to further understanding of the material behavior under thermal shock and supports better prediction of component performance in steel-making operations.
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Computer Vision Applications for Autonomous Aerial Vehicles
… with deep learning, UAV localization, and structural inspection with UAVs.</p><p>Visual guidance and scene understanding without relying on pre-installed tags or markers is the desired approach for fully autonomous navigation of UAVs in conjunction with the global positioning systems (GPS), …
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Modelling framework for assessing nuclear regulatory effectiveness
… regulator, and its process for structured inspections. The first part of the thesis demonstrates that the hazard and operability (HAZOP) technique, used in the nuclear industry to identify hazards associated with an activity, can be adapted to qualitatively assess the robustness of …
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Enhancing inspection and monitoring strategies with graphics-based digital twins
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-12-01
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Finite-element-based system reliability analysis and updating of fatigue-induced sequential failures
Fatigue is one of the main causes of structural failure. In fact, many structural systems such as bridges, offshore platforms, and aircraft are subjected to the risk of fatigue-induced failure caused by repeated loading over their life cycle. Therefore, structural systems should be designed and …