Abstract: Deteriorated track infrastructure can lead to significant consequences, such as derailment incidents, loss of revenue-service hours, reduced train operation speed, and even failure of the business. The Federal Railroad ...

Abstract: Quantification of cracking is crucial to assessing overall cracking condition, monitoring cracking propagation, and other pavement design and managerial decision-making purposes. For a majority of the highway agencies, the ...

Abstract: Distribution patterns of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) inside urban street canyons varies according to the street canyon enclosure ratio (SCER) and traffic flow states, and therefore they affect people in different positions ...

Abstract: Accurate detection and quantification of damage to railway fasteners are crucial for ensuring railway safety. The spatial damage defects caused by the complex shape of fasteners and the problem of data imbalance in actual ...

Abstract: This study introduces a state-of-the-art methodology for addressing crack segmentation challenges in structure health monitoring, a crucial concern in infrastructure maintenance. The main objective is to enhance real-time ...

Abstract: State highway agencies need pavement-condition data to select candidates for pavement maintenance and rehabilitation. However, it is a challenge for pavement engineers to simultaneously assess a number of attributes that ...

Abstract: With the increasing congestion and pollution in metropolitan areas, various types of regulations have been applied to control truck traffic. Restricting truck traffic to off-hours is one commonly used policy and its ...

Abstract: Cracking characterization is one of the most important tasks in automated pavement data analysis. Although cracking detection and segmentation algorithms have become more reliable in recent years, accurate cracking ...

Abstract: To increase the waste heat recovery (WHR) efficiency of gas boiler and decrease NOx emissions, a flue gas total heat recovery (FGTHR) system integrating direct contact heat exchanger (DCHE) and combustion air humidification ...