Pavement condition is a factor of major interest due to its direct contribution to safety and
comfort of the users of the road. Consequently, road inspections imply the evaluation of …

Cracks are one of the main distress mechanisms that affects the structural performance,
comfort and durability of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) layers in road pavements. These cracks are …

Conventional testing practices in pavement damage surveillance and maintenance such as
coring tend to be slow, destructive in nature and not wholly representative of the entire …

Road pavements are subject to traffic and temperature variations producing cracks that
propagate to the pavement surface, which reduces its life and decreases circulation comfort …

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a prospecting method frequently used in monitoring
asphalt pavements, especially as an optimal complement to the defection test that is …

Since delaminations in airport pavements can lead to failure, cost effective ways must be
suggested to inspect the quality of pavements. One of these cost effective ways is the …

Developments in the field of nondestructive testing (NDT) for road surfaces have gained
substantial momentum owing to its advantages of noninvasiveness, and intelligent. This …

The non-destructive testing and diagnosis of transport infrastructures is essential because of
the need to protect these facilities for mobility, and for economic and social development …

In order to preserve the condition of infrastructure and guarantee its usability, the availability
of inspection techniques is essential, provided these are able to determine the condition of …

Cracks in road pavements are usual damages because of heavy and dense traffic. Cracks
usually are hidden to visual inspections in the case of rigid pavements. In these cases …