Development of a Manual Crack Quantification and Automated Crack Measurement System

Automated distress collection systems have been developed over the years to evaluate the condition of pavements. The simplest method is to have a person ride or walk along the road and visually evaluate it. However, there are a number of problems with this approach, including the boredom attendant on such a mundane task and the subjective and arbitrary nature of the evaluations due to human nature. How to effectively implement a pavement management system is a major problem for Iowa's highway agencies. The objective of the proposed research is to develop two software packages. (1) The first package would manually verify the outputs provided by a consultant against a procedure defined by the Iowa Department of Transportation depicting pavement condition. (2) The second software package would automatically process pavement crack data objectively and consistently.

• Corporate Authors:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  Park Fair Mall, 100 East Euclid Avenue
  Des Moines, IA  United States  50306-9278

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  Iowa Highway Research Board, 800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Authors:
  • Kim, Jungyong
  • Lee, Hosin
• Publication Date: 2005-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cracking; Information processing; Measurement; Pavement distress; Pavement management systems; Software packages; State departments of transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement conditions
• Geographic Terms: Iowa
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01000000
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TR-457
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 2 2005 11:33AM