Nondestructive evaluation sensor fusion with autonomous robotic system for civil infrastructure inspection

Gibb, Spencer; La, Hung Manh; Le, Tuan; Nguyen, Luan Van; Schmid, Ryan B.; Pham, Huy Xuan

doi:10.1002/rob.21791

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“…As shown in Fig. 27, robots of various types and sophistication carry combination of NDT methods for bridge superstructure (Gibb et al 2018). High demand for automation of inspection has increasingly led researchers to study the potential of the robotic systems for bridge non-destructive examination.…”

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Health Monitoring of Closure Joints in Accelerated Bridge Construction: A Review of Non-Destructive Testing Application

Farhangdoust

Mehrabi

2019

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Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) uses prefabricated elements that are made continuous using cast-in-place joints. Deck joints are normally referred to as "Closure Joints." There have been concerns about long-term durability of these joints that are expected to become rapidly serviceable. Normally, they contain reinforcing bars and enclosures of various shapes that in some cases create congestion within the joint. The specific nature of the joint application, in-situ casting, curing, material incompatibility, cold joints, cavities and steel congestion contribute to creating the potential for leaving defects and anomalies in the closure joints. This, in turn, results in a higher potential for exposure and other detrimental effects with possible degradation in time, and therefore reducing the strength and serviceability of the joint, hence creating a weak link for the structure. The long-term deflections and environmental loading will only exacerbate the situation. Hence, evaluation and health monitoring of the closure joints becomes inevitable. Despite the wide use of non-destructive testing (NDT) methods for bridge structures in general, a concerted attempt for categorization of these methods, comparison of capabilities, and selection of methods most applicable to closure joints is lacking. To address this, a research project was carried out as part of activities in the Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center (ABC-UTC) of Florida International University. This study included a comprehensive literature review with a focus on NDT methods applicable to health monitoring of ABC closure joints. The study focused on joint types relevant to precast concrete decks commonly used for ABC bridges, therefore, FRP (fiber reinforced plastic), timber (wood), and steel of any shape were excluded for the time being. The study resulted in categorizing the most common closure joints in five general groups based on their features affecting the application of the NDT methods. Accordingly, the most promising NDT methods were identified taking into account the distinctive defects and anomalies associated with closure joints. These methods were evaluated for their efficacy, ease of use and other characteristic influencing their use as preferred methods for each type of joint. A flowchart was introduced to assist in selection of the most applicable NDT method to each type of defect in closure joints. This paper summarizes the results of this study.

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Section: Complementary To Ndt Methodsmentioning

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Health Monitoring of Closure Joints in Accelerated Bridge Construction: A Review of Non-Destructive Testing Application

Farhangdoust

Mehrabi

2019

ACT

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“…Some of the early studies related to robotics application towards bridge and civil infrastructure inspection were developed during the early 2000s. The development of semi and fully autonomous robotic systems expanded considerably after 2010 [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]. The different types of robots developed for bridge inspection can be broadly classified into ground, aerial and underwater robots.…”

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“…Traditionally, infrastructure evaluation has been considered a manual labor-intensive task, which is carried out by civil personnel using different sensors for data collection [8]. Despite recent technological advancements in this research area [8,37,47], a majority of the infrastructure evaluation is still performed by human operators using traditional modes for data collection, which are composed In order to do adequate justice to the multi-faceted nature of the different tools, techniques, methodologies and technologies used in the prior studies, the proceeding discussion will be divided in the following manner:…”

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“…This particular robotic platform has been equipped with state-of-the-art sensor technologies (e.g., impact echo, ultrasonic surface waves, electrical resistivity and GPR), which enable the classification of some of the most common defects in bridge decks, such as concrete degradation, delamination and rebar corrosion [12,47]. The ARA Lab Robot is also a wheel-based robotic platform that has been recently developed for bridge deck inspection and maintenance [37,50,90,91]. With a similar array of sensors, another autonomous platform for infrastructural inspection was developed by La et al [8], which provided a wide array of different functionalities related to the automated monitoring of civil infrastructure, using on-surface crack detection and bridge evaluation for signs of deterioration within the metal rebar and concrete slabs.…”

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“…Another widely utilized sensor is the ground-penetrating radar (GPR), which has been the focus of a number of recent studies related to the infrastructure evaluation and SHM of civil infrastructures and bridges [8,37,47,[135][136][137][138][139][140][141][142][143][144][145][146]. Within civil engineering, GPR has been utilized for diverse applications, which include, but are not limited to, detecting and measuring pipes, mines, other underground utilities, the health monitoring of bridges, railway tracks, tunnels, roads and pavements, as well as for the detection and localization of underground rebar [8,37,47,[136][137][138][139][140][141][142][143][144][145][146][147][148]. The B-scan data from GPR sensors provide a visual transformation of the radar waves reflected from different parts of the underground infrastructure (e.g., concrete, steel rebars, void spaces), which can be used to highlight the corrosion, delamination, presence of void spaces and structural damage to rebars [37,135,137,138].…”

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Review of Non-Destructive Civil Infrastructure Evaluation for Bridges: State-of-the-Art Robotic Platforms, Sensors and Algorithms

Ahmed

Gucunski

2020

Sensors

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The non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of civil infrastructure has been an active area of research in recent decades. The traditional inspection of civil infrastructure mostly relies on visual inspection using human inspectors. To facilitate this process, different sensors for data collection and techniques for data analyses have been used to effectively carry out this task in an automated fashion. This review-based study will examine some of the recent developments in the field of autonomous robotic platforms for NDE and the structural health monitoring (SHM) of bridges. Some of the salient features of this review-based study will be discussed in the light of the existing surveys and reviews that have been published in the recent past, which will enable the clarification regarding the novelty of the present review-based study. The review methodology will be discussed in sufficient depth, which will provide insights regarding some of the primary aspects of the review methodology followed by this review-based study. In order to provide an in-depth examination of the state-of-the-art, the current research will examine the three major research streams. The first stream relates to technological robotic platforms developed for NDE of bridges. The second stream of literature examines myriad sensors used for the development of robotic platforms for the NDE of bridges. The third stream of literature highlights different algorithms for the surface- and sub-surface-level analysis of bridges that have been developed by studies in the past. A number of challenges towards the development of robotic platforms have also been discussed.

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Nondestructive evaluation sensor fusion with autonomous robotic system for civil infrastructure inspection

Cited by 58 publications

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Health Monitoring of Closure Joints in Accelerated Bridge Construction: A Review of Non-Destructive Testing Application

Health Monitoring of Closure Joints in Accelerated Bridge Construction: A Review of Non-Destructive Testing Application

Review of Non-Destructive Civil Infrastructure Evaluation for Bridges: State-of-the-Art Robotic Platforms, Sensors and Algorithms

Models of Performance Measures and Quantification in Automation

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