Improved image processing of road pavement defect by infrared thermography

Sim, Jun-Gi

doi:10.1515/sspjce-2018-0006

Abstract

This paper intends to achieve improved image processing for the clear identification of defects in damaged road pavement structure using infrared thermography non-destructive testing (NDT). To that goal, 4 types of pavement specimen including internal defects were fabricated to exploit the results obtained by heating the specimens by natural light. The results showed that defects located down to a depth of 3 cm could be detected by infrared thermography NDT using the improved image processing method.

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Improved image processing of road pavement defect by infrared thermography

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