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A vibration-based methodology to monitor road surface: a process to overcome the speed effect
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: Received: 27 December 2023 / Approved: 27 December 2023 / Online: 27 December 2023 (14:20:54 CET)
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Meocci, M. A Vibration-Based Methodology to Monitor Road Surface: A Process to Overcome the Speed Effect. Sensors 2024, 24, 925. Meocci, M. A Vibration-Based Methodology to Monitor Road Surface: A Process to Overcome the Speed Effect. Sensors 2024, 24, 925.
Abstract
Road pavement monitoring represents the baseline to the pavement maintenance process. To quickly fix a damaged road, relevant authorities need a high-efficiency methodology that allows them to obtain data describing the current conditions of a network of roads.
In urban areas, large-scale monitoring campaigns may be more expensive and not fast enough to describe how pavement degradation has evolved over time. Furthermore, at low speeds, many technologies are inadequate for monitoring the streets. In such a context, employing black box equipped vehicles to perform a routine inspection could be an excellent starting point. However, the vibration-based methodologies used to detect road anomalies are strongly affected by the speed of these vehicles.
In this study, a statistical method was to analyze the effects of speed on road pavement conditions at different severity levels through the data recorded by taxi vehicles. Likewise introduced was a process that overcomes the speed effect when considering road surface conditions. The methodology proposed has succeeded in predicting the right damage severity level based on only two recorded parameters: speed and pavement deterioration index.
Keywords
road pavement monitoring, vibration-based methodology, speed effect
Subject
Engineering, Civil Engineering
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