Review of non-destructive civil infrastructure evaluation for bridges: State-of-the-art robotic platforms, sensors and algorithms

H Ahmed, HM La, N Gucunski - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
The non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of civil infrastructure has been an active area of
research in recent decades. The traditional inspection of civil infrastructure mostly relies on …

Thermographic methodologies used in infrastructure inspection: A review—Post-processing procedures

I Garrido, S Lagüela, R Otero, P Arias - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The different thermal behaviour between defects and unaltered zones allows the detection
and thermal characterisation of superficial, and subsuperficial defects, which must be …

Building envelope anomaly characterization and simulation using drone time-lapse thermography

T Rakha, Y El Masri, K Chen, E Panagoulia… - Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Defects in building envelopes deteriorate over time without being visible to the human eye,
while significantly impacting energy performance due to unaccounted heat transfer. Defects …

Automatic detection of moistures in different construction materials from thermographic images

I Garrido, S Lagüela, S Sfarra, FJ Madruga… - Journal of Thermal …, 2019 - Springer
Moisture is a pathology that damages all type of construction materials, from materials of
building envelopes to materials of bridges. Its presence can negatively affect the users' …

Infrared thermography's application to infrastructure inspections

I Garrido, S Lagüela, P Arias - Infrastructures, 2018 - mdpi.com
Health monitoring and prediction in different types of structures is essential in order to
maintain optimal conditions. Some of the pathologies that affect their structural stability are …

[HTML][HTML] Passive infrared thermography for subsurface delamination detection in concrete infrastructure: Capabilities

S Pozzer, Z Omidi, A El Refai, F López… - … and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Passive infrared thermography (IRT) has been introduced as a faster, safer, and contactless
alternative for the nondestructive inspection of subsurface delamination in concrete …

Weakly-aligned cross-modal learning framework for subsurface defect segmentation on building façades using UAVs

S He, G Zhao, J Chen, S Zhang, D Mishra… - Automation in …, 2025 - Elsevier
Infrared (IR) thermography combined with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offers an
innovative approach for automated building façades inspections. However, extracting …

The application of two-dimensional continuous wavelet transform based on active infrared thermography for subsurface defect detection in concrete structures

AK Saleh, Z Sakka, H Almuhanna - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
The early condition-based assessment of civil infrastructures plays an essential role in
extending their service life, preventing undesirable sudden failures, and reducing …

Thermographic Laplacian-pyramid filtering to enhance delamination detection in concrete structure

C Cheng, R Na, Z Shen - Infrared Physics & Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite decades of efforts using thermography to detect delamination in concrete decks,
challenges still exist in removing environmental noise from thermal images. The …

Detection and diagnosis of concrete void defect using percussion-based method combined with convolutional neural network

Q Yan, Y Zhang, X Liao, Y Xu, C Zhang, X Liu, Z Zhang - Measurement, 2024 - Elsevier
As a fundamental construction material, concrete commonly encounter void defects, which
could significantly impair the integrity of concrete members and seriously weaken their load …