Fujun Niu, Yunhui Huang, Peifeng He, Wenji Su, Chenglong Jiao, Lu Ren
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Abstract
In recent years, urban road collapse incidents have been occurring with increasing frequency, particularly in populous cities. To mitigate road collapses, geophysical prospecting plays a crucial role in urban road inspections. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), a non-destructive technology, is extensively employed for detecting urban road damage, with manual interpretation of GPR images typically used to identify buried objects. Nonetheless, manual interpretation methods are not only inefficient but also subjective, as they rely on the interpreter's experience, thereby affecting the interpreting reliability. This study investigates the distribution and causes of road collapses and develops a deep learning-based intelligent recognition model using GPR detection images of urban roads in cities of the South China as original samples. The finding reveal that road collapses are concentrated in the months of July and August, mainly caused by pipe leakage and rainfall. Common anomalies in urban road GPR detection comprise seven types of target objects, including cavity, pipeline, etc., with standard GPR images acquired through outdoor field experiments. Utilizing GPR forward simulation and image augmentation methods to expand the sample size, as well as generating anchor box dimensions through clustering analysis, have all been proven to effectively improve the model's performance. The urban road GPR image intelligent recognition model, based on the YOLOv4 algorithm, achieves a detection accuracy of up to 85%, proving effective in GPR detection of urban roads in cities of North China. This research offers valuable insights for the future application of deep learning-based image recognition algorithms in urban road GPR detection.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring (JCSHM) publishes articles to advance the understanding and the application of health monitoring methods for the condition assessment and management of civil infrastructure systems.
JCSHM serves as a focal point for sharing knowledge and experience in technologies impacting the discipline of Civionics and Civil Structural Health Monitoring, especially in terms of load capacity ratings and service life estimation.