Intelligent road inspection with advanced machine learning; hybrid prediction models for smart mobility and transportation maintenance systems

N Karballaeezadeh, F Zaremotekhases… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Prediction models in mobility and transportation maintenance systems have been
dramatically improved by using machine learning methods. This paper proposes novel …

Impact of dynamic loading on pavement deflection measurements from traffic speed deflectometer

K Shen, H Wang - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
Traffic speed deflectometer (TSD) provides an efficient way for evaluating pavement
condition. The current principle is to convert measured deflection slopes into the deflection …

Assessment of asphalt pavement overall performance condition using functional indexes and FWD deflection basin parameters

M Xiao, R Luo, X Yu - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Highway organizations need an accurate evaluation of the overall condition of the pavement
to make appropriate maintenance decisions. However, existing specifications only consider …

A tandem trust-region optimization approach for ill-posed falling weight deflectometer backcalculation

RC Romeo, RB Davis, HS Lee, SA Durham… - Computers & Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Falling weight deflectometer backcalculation is a structural health monitoring approach for
estimating the dynamic modulus of flexible pavements. It consists of two key aspects: a …

Comparative evaluation of falling weight deflectometer, traffic speed deflectometer and rapid pavement tester in deflection measurement

A Hamidi, AF Mirhosseini, I Hoff… - Transportation …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study intends to compare deflections obtained from traffic speed deflection devices
(TSDDs) with the deflections of the falling weight deflectometer (FWD). For this purpose …

Development of equivalent stationary dynamic loads for moving vehicular loads using artificial intelligence-based finite element model updating

Y Deng, Y Zhang, X Luo, RL Lytton - Engineering with Computers, 2022 - Springer
An equivalent relationship between stationary dynamic load and moving vehicular load is of
necessity and importance for the fact that pavement responses from nondestructive testing …

Expansion method and application of initial deflection data for asphalt pavement based on the unascertained number theory: a case study

Y Gao, H Zhang, R Zhang, Q Yang… - Road Materials and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Deflection is an essential parameter for pavement structural condition assessment. For the
total pavement section length, sample size for deflection data is relatively small, which …

Experimental study of the modulus of deformation determined by static and dynamic plate load tests

S Lehmann, S Leppla, A Norkus - The Baltic Journal of Road …, 2020 - bjrbe-journals.rtu.lv
Soil, or soil structure modulus of deformation, is one of the main design parameters for road
engineering and traffic infrastructure design of, for example, highways, railways, runways …

Predicting pavement structural condition using machine learning methods

NS Ahmed, N Huynh, S Gassman, R Mullen, C Pierce… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
State departments of transportation recognize the need to incorporate pavement structural
condition in their pavement performance models and/or decision processes used to select …

Performance Evaluation of Traffic Speed Deflectometer Based on Virtual Standard Test Road

Y Luo, X Li, G Jing, H Guo, Q Yin, Y Zhang - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is challenging to find actual standard test roads (ASTRs) to evaluate the measuring
performance of the Traffic Speed Deflectometer (TSD), leading to misjudgment of its …