Beta
317459

Analysis of Pavement Distresses Using the Image Processing Technique for Egyptian Roads

Article

Last updated: 26 Dec 2024

Subjects

-

Tags

Civil and Architectural Engineering

Abstract

Roads can experience a variety of distresses due to the combined effects of heavy traffic, weather, the materials used to build them, the underlying soil, and the way they were constructed. Some of these distresses that occur in flexible pavements are longitudinal and transverse cracks, potholes, patching, and depressions. The severity of these distresses increases over time, which has a negative impact on ride quality. To maintain the pavement in a safe and serviceable condition, early detection and measurement of the severity of distresses are required. Image processing techniques are a modern method for detecting and measuring pavement distresses using digital images and image processing software. Traditional methods for measuring distress are laborious, slow, and risky for the measurers. In contrast, image processing techniques are simple, safe, and quick to complete. This research paper performs image processing methods and measurements using two image processing programs, one for detection and the other for measuring pavement distresses. A comparison of image measurements with traditional measurements showed that the two methods are highly correlated, with image measurements being very close to those obtained using the traditional method. The results of the study showed that the measurements of the length, width, and area of road distresses obtained using image processing techniques were similar to those obtained using the traditional method, with high coefficients of determination R² of 0.9999, 0.9257, and 0.9451, respectively.

DOI

10.21608/eijest.2023.223428.1240

Keywords

Road distresses, patching, Traditional methods, Image processing methods, detection

Authors

First Name

George

Last Name

Youssef

MiddleName

Layez

Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Mataria Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University New Cairo, Egypt

Email

georgelayez01206139797@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Abdelzaher

Last Name

E. A. Mostafa

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Mataria Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University New Cairo, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Ouf

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Mataria Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University New Cairo, Egypt

Email

drmohamedauf@hotmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

M. Wahby

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Mataria Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University New Cairo, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

47

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

50055

Issue Date

2024-09-01

Receive Date

2023-07-26

Publish Date

2024-09-01

Page Start

1

Page End

11

Print ISSN

1687-8493

Online ISSN

2682-3640

Link

https://eijest.journals.ekb.eg/article_317459.html

Detail API

https://eijest.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=317459

Order

317,459

Type

Original Article

Type Code

1,348

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

The Egyptian International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Technology

Publication Link

https://eijest.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Analysis of Pavement Distresses Using the Image Processing Technique for Egyptian Roads

Details

Type

Article

Created At

26 Dec 2024