Abstract: This paper provides a comparative study of two methods for reconstructing three-dimensional (3D) scenes from monocular two-dimensional (2D) images with respect to their applicability to robotic civil infrastructure inspection. ...

Abstract: This paper presents a computer vision framework supporting automated infrastructure damage detection, with a specific focus on surface crack detection in concrete. The approach presented is designed to provide a significant ...

Abstract: A geometric approach is used to obtain an essentially exact solution for the motion of a SDOF elastic‐perfectly plastic oscillator subjected to harmonic excitation. The piecewise linear nature of the restoring force and ...

Abstract: The plane problem of a layer of finite length under the action of a frictionless indenter is studied. The solution obtained accounts for both the local contact behavior near the indenter and the overall beam behavior as ...

Abstract: This paper considers the viability of applying computer vision techniques for estimating the peak experienced seismic displacement of damaged bridge columns, for use in postdisaster triage assessment. The primary objective ...

Abstract: The damage caused by tsunamis to coastal communities is often not only the result of the flowing water itself, but also of transported debris. Although there have been efforts to characterize forces from single-debris ...