FEASIBILITY OF AUTOMATING PAVEMENT DISTRESS ASSESSMENT USING MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY

Surface distress assessment is an essential pavement management task. Developing and refining morphology-based image analysis techniques and evaluating the feasibility of their application to the automation of pavement distress surveys are discussed. Cracking and other distresses on asphalt and concrete pavement surfaces are analyzed. Significant advantages of the morphology-based approach include substantial reductions in data requirements and computational costs. Sample photographic images of pavements are analyzed, and the ability of the developed image-processing technique to identify distress types, severities, and extents is demonstrated. It is concluded that the developed morphology-based approach is capable of detecting noncracking distresses and assessing cracking on various types of pavement without manual intervention. It promises to become suitable for automating pavement distress surveys and thus to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of pavement condition assessment.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1435, Pavement and Traffic Monitoring and Evaluation. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Grivas, Dimitri A
  • Bhagvati, Chakravarthy
  • Skolnick, Michael M
  • Schultz, B Cameron
• Publication Date: 1994-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 52-58
• Monograph Title: Pavement and traffic monitoring and evaluation
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1435
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Assessments; Automation; Condition surveys; Cost effectiveness; Defects; Feasibility analysis; Image analysis; Image processing; Mathematical analysis; Morphology; Pavement cracking; Pavement distress; Pavements
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Pavements; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00667664
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309055121
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 13 1994 12:00AM