Practical image measurement of crack width for real concrete structure

Electronics and Communications in Japan

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Yamaguchi, Tomoyuki ^a   Hashimoto, Shuji ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crack scale; Crack width; Image measurement; Practical use; Subpixel accuracy

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE STRUCTURES; CONCRETE SURFACE; CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING; CRACK WIDTH; CRACK WIDTH MEASUREMENT; DATA ITEMS; IMAGE MEASUREMENT; IMAGE MEASUREMENTS; LIGHTING CONDITIONS; PRACTICAL USE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SUB PIXELS; SUBPIXEL ACCURACY; TEST SPECIMENS; VISUAL INSPECTION;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

CRACKS;

EID: 70349560367     PISSN: 19429533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecj.10151     Document Type: Article

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