A Review of Effect of Mineral Admixtures on Appearance Quality of Fair-Faced Concrete and Techniques for Their Measurement

J Mao, Z He, Y He, J Lu, J Li - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The appearance of fair-faced concrete is crucial, and it can be enhanced by incorporating an
appropriate amount of mineral admixture. Different mineral admixtures have varying effects …

Instance-level recognition and quantification for concrete surface bughole based on deep learning

F Wei, G Yao, Y Yang, Y Sun - Automation in Construction, 2019 - Elsevier
Bughole is one of the primary influences affecting the surface quality of concrete, the
traditional measurement methods are carried out by manual inspection, which is considered …

Autonomous crack and bughole detection for concrete surface image based on deep learning

Y Sun, Y Yang, G Yao, F Wei, M Wong - IEEE access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cracks and bugholes (surface air voids) are common factors that affect the quality of
concrete surfaces, so it is necessary to detect them on concrete surfaces. To improve the …

Image analysis for detection of bugholes on concrete surface

B Liu, T Yang - Construction and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Surface bughole of concrete is one of surface imperfections of concrete appearance, and the
detection and evaluation of surface bugholes have always been a difficult problem. This …

Deep‐Learning‐Based Bughole Detection for Concrete Surface Image

G Yao, F Wei, Y Yang, Y Sun - Advances in Civil Engineering, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bugholes are surface imperfections that appear as small pits and craters on concrete
surface after the casting process. The traditional measurement methods are carried out by in …

Automated bughole detection and quality performance assessment of concrete using image processing and deep convolutional neural networks

W Wei, L Ding, H Luo, C Li, G Li - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Concrete is ubiquitous in the modern construction and building industry, bugholes are one
of the most typical imperfections on concrete surface, and traditional manual inspection …

Variations in surface quality of self-consolidation and highly workable concretes with formwork material

WA Megid, KH Khayat - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The effect of the forming materials on surface quality of the self-consolidating and highly
workable concretes was experimentally evaluated. Several mixtures having wide ranges of …

Effect of concrete rheological properties on quality of formed surfaces cast with self-consolidating concrete and superworkable concrete

WA Megid, KH Khayat - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2018 - Elsevier
An experimental program was undertaken to evaluate the effect of rheology of self-
consolidating concrete and superworkable concrete on formed surface quality. In total, 31 …

A Novel Approach for Automatic Detection of Concrete Surface Voids Using Image Texture Analysis and History‐Based Adaptive Differential Evolution Optimized …

ND Hoang, QL Nguyen - Advances in Civil Engineering, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To inspect the quality of concrete structures, surface voids or bugholes existing on a
concrete surface after the casting process needs to be detected. To improve the productivity …

Effect of structural buildup at rest of self-consolidating concrete on mechanical and transport properties of multilayer casting

WA Megid, KH Khayat - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Multilayer casting of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) can be critical in situations involving
delays between the placements of successive lifts. In the absence of mechanical …