Towards Automated Inspections of Tunnels: A Review of Optical Inspections and Autonomous Assessment of Concrete Tunnel Linings

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 23; no. 6; p. 3189
• Main Authors: Sjölander, Andreas, Belloni, Valeria, Ansell, Anders, Nordström, Erik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 16.03.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Analysis; Automation; Betongbyggnad; Bridges; Computer vision; Concrete; Concrete Structures; Cracks; Data entry; Efficiency; Geoinformatics; Geoinformatik; Infrastructure; Infrastructure (Economics); Inspections; Machine vision; mobile mapping systems; Neural networks; Reinforced concrete; Review; Transportation authorities; tunnel assessment; tunnel concrete damage; tunnel inspection; Tunnels; France; Sweden; tunnel inspection; tunnel concrete damage; automation; mobile mapping systems; tunnel assessment; tunnel inspections

In recent decades, many cities have become densely populated due to increased urbanization, and the transportation infrastructure system has been heavily used. The downtime of important parts of the infrastructure, such as tunnels and bridges, seriously affects the transportation system’s efficiency...