The prevalence of smartphones among vehicle drivers presents exciting opportunities in
assessing pavement roughness in a more efficient and cost-effective manner, compared …

Roughness is widely used as a primary measure of pavement condition. It is also the key
indicator of the riding quality and serviceability of roads. The high demand for roughness …

This study evaluates accelerometer performance of three new state of the art smartphones
and focuses on accuracy. The motivating research question was whether accelerator …

Roughness is an important indicator of road deterioration and has a significant impact on
road serviceability. Conventional instruments for roughness measurement, such as laser …

Accelerometers embedded in smartphones have become an alternative means of
measuring the roughness of roads. However, the differences in their sensitivity and sampling …

Road accidents caused by several factors are responsible for the deaths and injuries of
people. The majority of deaths occur within first few hours of an accident. If in case of an …

There are many important applications that require ride quality characterization. However,
the only international standard that specifies a roughness index is not suitable for …

The detection of drivable areas in off-road scenes is a challenging problem due to the
presence of unstructured class boundaries, irregular features, and dust noise. Three …

In a continuation of the Wyoming Technology Transfer Center (WYT2/LTAP) efforts to
minimise the costs associated with the pavement condition assessment process, this study …

Assessing road degradation typically requires specialized hardware (such as laser
profilometers) or labor‐intensive visual inspection. To facilitate large‐scale, timely inspection …