scholarly journals Road Pavement Information Modeling through Maintenance Scenario Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
C. Oreto ◽  
S. A. Biancardo ◽  
N. Viscione ◽  
R. Veropalumbo ◽  
F. Russo

Road maintenance operations involve the preservation of the optimal functionality of the pavement. Sometimes the rehabilitation of the pavement layout does not have long lasting effects due to a lack of compliance with the constraints imposed by the technical specifications for the design of materials. The purpose of this paper is to present an efficient BIM tool to help in road maintenance operations through the management of data arising from laboratory testing of road pavement bituminous materials required for the quality control of mixtures. The database associated to the BIM model is a collection of three years of data derived from laboratory investigation on bituminous mixtures’ samples adopted for the maintenance of four main roads located in southern Italy. An algorithm that interacts with the three-dimensional road model has been implemented in order to give road administrations an easy-to-read alert signal for the road pavement structure of the road network that may present the most critical conditions due to poor mechanical and physical features.

2021 ◽  
Vol 283 ◽  
pp. 02033
Author(s):  
Ziyi Zhang ◽  
Yu Sun ◽  
Han Xu ◽  
Qiyun Zhu

In recent years, urbanization has developed rapidly, and urban road play a vital role as the premise. Due to the good effectiveness of asphalt pavement, which is more popular in urban road, and road maintenance demands are also increasing. In order to make the maintenance work appropriate, accurate pavement performance evaluation is the premise. This paper collects the data of a road pavement condition in Shanghai and calculates the sub-indexes of each section. We use the entropy weight method to obtain the influence degree of each sub-index. Then we use the revised set pair analysis to construct the comprehensive performance evaluation model of urban road pavement. The analysis shows that compared with the standard method and the set pair analysis, the revised model is more objective, in line with the actual use of the road.


2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Staniek

The paper presents the stereo vision method for the mapping of road pavement. The mapped road is a set of points in three-dimensional space. The proposed method of measurement and its implementation make it possible to generate a precise mapping of a road surface with a resolution of 1 mm in transverse, longitudinal and vertical dimensions. Such accurate mapping of the road is the effect of application of stereo images based on image processing technologies. The use of matching measure CoVar, at the stage of images matching, help eliminate corner detection and filter stereo images, maintaining the effectiveness of the algorithm mapping. The proper analysis of image-based data and application of mathematical transformations enable to determine many types of distresses such as potholes, patches, bleedings, cracks, ruts and roughness. The paper also aims at comparing the results of proposed solution and reference test-bench. The statistical analysis of the differences permits the judgment of error types.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesare Sangiorgi ◽  
Cecilia Settimi ◽  
Piergiorgio Tataranni ◽  
Claudio Lantieri ◽  
Solomon Adomako

Undoubtedly, the most commonly used method for road maintenance includes the use of winter service vehicles to clear thoroughfares of snow and the spraying of chemicals to prevent ice formation on the road surface. The application of these traditional methods on road and airport pavements possesses numerous environmental, organizational, and technical challenges. To overcome these critical issues, new nontraditional technologies that act within the pavement, thereby increasing its temperature, have been developed. In relation to the heat source used, these are classified into chemical and physical methods. The purpose of this research is to study the temperature variation under the thermal transient process produced by the action of the physically heating device installed in the road pavement. The heating device is a ribbon, made of amorphous material, which is able to produce heat to warm up the pavement and its surface. Based on its principle of operation, it is classified among the nontraditional physical methods for the treatment of snow and ice. In this work, the performance of the heating ribbons on an experimental site at the G. Marconi International Airport in Bologna (Italy) is presented.


2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 92-96
Author(s):  
Jolita Petkuvienė ◽  
Dainius Paliulis

The purpose of research is to assess changes in the visual metal surface due to the exposure of road maintenance salts and molasses (‘Safecote’). Chlorides of deicing salts (NaCl, CaCl2) are the main agents affecting soil and water resources as well as causing the corrosion of roadside metallic elements. Molasses (‘Safecote’) is offered as an alternative to deice road pavement by minimizing the corrosion of metal elements near the road. A laboratory experiment was carried out to immerse and spray metals with NaCl, CaCl2, NaCl:CaCl2 and NaCl:Safecote solutions. The obtained results showed that NaCl:Safecote solution had the lowest coating with corrosion products (the average 17±4 % of the surface). The solutions of NaCl, CaCl2 and NaCl:CaCl2 had the highest percentage rate of the corrosion product on the metal surface reaching an average of 33±5 %.


2011 ◽  
Vol 250-253 ◽  
pp. 3688-3691
Author(s):  
Jr Hung Peng ◽  
Po Hsun Sung ◽  
Jyh Dong Lin ◽  
Kuang Yi Wei

The urban road becoming more perfect, pavement engineering is from new construction to maintenance management. The authorities, from acceptance the new construction turn into survey of the road‘s situation and control of various types of damage and road conditions on time, to maintain a good condition of the road. In this study we use the CCD with the general Global Positioning System to provide GPS coordinates and have a street shooting for each 20m of road, record of the CCD road imaging system, and with GPS coordinates, the street pavement shooting can identify the highest frequency distress type within 100m of the road, and compare with the value of IRI for statistics, considering different distress conditions associated with the International Roughness Index, and to explore the causes. This study has an Urban Road Management System, it divided into road flat index query and pavement condition index query, and user can use this system know the pavement condition every section. The road maintenance unit can be judged by this indicator status of pavement roughness to develop a conservation strategy of each section, reflecting the degree of conservation of each section, making the pavement to maintain a good quality. Urban road maintenance management system is for the each authorities built the road pavement maintenance management system for pavement managers with different levels of management authority, and to assist in the system can provide information for urban roads to do planning, query and management, it is beneficial to the authorities to implementation of urban roads and other road maintenance operations, they can immediately understand the pavement condition.


2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 276-282
Author(s):  
Evaldas Morkūnas ◽  
Aivaras Vilkelis ◽  
Skirmantas Skrinskas ◽  
Egidijus Skrodenis ◽  
Daiva Žilionienė

Road are significant national assets which provides a fundamental foundation to the performance of all national economies, delivering conditions for social and economic development of countries and international communities. It is of at most importance to ensure a mobile and safe movement of inhabitants with the lowest time and pollution costs. In order to reach the goals the planning processes are implemented on a national and international scale to rationally justify the efficiency of urgent measures. In the Republic of Lithuania, seeking to efficiently use funds allocated to the road sector the Road Maintenance and Development Programmes are developed by the road manager defining a short-term and long-term vision of the road network and measures to achieve it. However, due to the anticipated insufficient financing of the road sector the Road Maintenance and Development Programmes aim to rationally combine preservation of the road network and its perspective development depending on the existing financing. The Road Maintenance and Development Programme of the Republic of Lithuania for 2030 assesses the existing condition of the road network and defines the goals and measures how to implement a sustainable development in the road network. With the help of review analysis this paper studies: road safety assurance, road pavement deterioration degree, social welfare assurance, road maintenance, infrastructure development, assurance of sustainable development.


Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 568
Author(s):  
Ronald Roberts ◽  
Laura Inzerillo ◽  
Gaetano Di Mino

Road pavements need adequate maintenance to ensure that their conditions are kept in a good state throughout their lifespans. For this to be possible, authorities need efficient and effective databases in place, which have up to date and relevant road condition information. However, obtaining this information can be very difficult and costly and for smart city applications, it is vital. Currently, many authorities make maintenance decisions by assuming road conditions, which leads to poor maintenance plans and strategies. This study explores a pathway to obtain key information on a roadway utilizing drone imagery to replicate the roadway as a 3D model. The study validates this by using structure-from-motion techniques to replicate roads using drone imagery on a real road section. Using 3D models, flexible segmentation strategies are exploited to understand the road conditions and make assessments on the level of degradation of the road. The study presents a practical pipeline to do this, which can be implemented by different authorities, and one, which will provide the authorities with the key information they need. With this information, authorities can make more effective road maintenance decisions without the need for expensive workflows and exploiting smart monitoring of the road structures.


Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 364
Author(s):  
Shu-Shun Liu ◽  
Agung Budiwirawan ◽  
Muhammad Faizal Ardhiansyah Arifin ◽  
Wei Tong Chen ◽  
Ying-Hua Huang

When heavy rain strikes Taiwan, it always results in cracks in road pavement, and damages arising from potholes. Tremendously compromising road safety, road users may have fatal accidents caused by untimely repair actions. The road maintenance department needs to take the responsibilities for road sections in the form of inspections and faces the decision about how to properly allocate available resources to repair pavement damages immediately. When performing pavement repair works, we need to consider the resource consumption behavior and explore the mechanism of replenishing resources and calculating the return time. Therefore, in order to help maintenance units to deal with consumable resource issues, this study proposes a novel approach to offer the mechanism of consumable resource calculation, which is difficult to solve through the traditional vehicle routing problem (VRP) approach. This proposed model treats the pothole repair problem as a resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP), which is capable of resolving such consumable resource considerations. The proposed model was developed by adopting constraint programming (CP) techniques. Research results showed that the proposed model is capable of providing the optimal decisions of pavement pothole repair tasks and also meets practical requirements to make appropriate adjustment, and helps the maintenance unit to shorten total repair duration and optimize resource assignment decisions of pavement maintenance objectives.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 606-617
Author(s):  
T. V. Bobrova ◽  
A. A. Andryushenkov

Introduction. An analysis of the most well-known agglomeration management models in Russia and abroad has shown that there are no comprehensive solutions in this area yet. The problem of information modeling of control actions on the state and development of the road network of these territorial entities is not well understood and requires further comprehensive research. The purpose of the paper is to formulate the most important principles and methodological approaches for building a modern information system for managing the road infrastructure of urban agglomerations.Methods and models. The designed system based on information modeling technologies of transport interaction processes between corresponding points. The structure of the system presented on the principles of multi-agent project management. The authors identified the types of mathematical models for solving key problems in the framework of design modules by creation of an agglomeration transport framework, ensuring the regulatory requirements of the transport and operational condition of roads and by creation of conditions for the continuous and safe movement of road transport.Results. The architecture of the “Road Network-6D BIM” developed system reflected the relations of two information processes: filling the system with knowledge and forming box solutions using a knowledge bank. The n-D modeling based on three-dimensional projections of structures (3-D) with the addition of digital modeling technologies: calendar terms, resources and financing of objects in the life cycle. The authors tested system elements during the experiment and the implementation of the project for the integrated development of the transport infrastructure of the Omsk agglomeration.Discussion and conclusions. The implementation of the “Road Network-6D BIM” project in the proposed concept makes a definite contribution to solving the problems of managing the road network of the city agglomeration by increasing the level of intellectualization of the tasks at all stages of project management.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 50-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Rateke ◽  
Karla Aparecida Justen ◽  
Aldo Von Wangenheim

The type of road pavement directly influences the way vehicles are driven. It’s common to find papers that deal with path detection but don’t take into account major changes in road surface patterns. The quality of the road surface has a direct impact on the comfort and especially on the safety of road users. In emerging countries it’s common to find unpaved roads or roads with no maintenance. Unpaved or damaged roads also impact in higher fuel costs and vehicle maintenance. This kind of analysis can be useful for both road maintenance departments as well as for autonomous vehicle navigation systems to verify potential critical points. For the experiments accomplishment upon the surface types and quality classification, we present a new dataset, collected with a low-cost camera. This dataset has examples of good and bad asphalt (with potholes and other damages) other types of pavement and also many examples of unpaved roads (with and without potholes). We also provide several frames from our dataset manually sorted in surface types for tests accuracy verification. Our road type and quality classifier was done through a simple Convolutional Neural Network with few steps and presents promising results in different datasets.


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