Multifractal analysis of crack patterns in reinforced concrete shear walls
@article{Ebrahimkhanlou2016MultifractalAO, title={Multifractal analysis of crack patterns in reinforced concrete shear walls}, author={Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou and Alireza Farhidzadeh and Salvatore Salamone}, journal={Structural Health Monitoring}, year={2016}, volume={15}, pages={81 - 92} }
Conventionally, the assessment of reinforced concrete shear walls relies on manual visual assessment which is time-consuming and depends heavily on the skills of the inspectors. The development of automated assessment employing flying and crawling robots equipped with high-resolution cameras and wireless communications to acquire digital images and advance image processing to extract crack patterns has paved the path toward implementing an automated system which determines structural damage…
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