Multifractal analysis of crack patterns in reinforced concrete shear walls

@article{Ebrahimkhanlou2016MultifractalAO,
  title={Multifractal analysis of crack patterns in reinforced concrete shear walls},
  author={A. Ebrahimkhanlou and A. Farhidzadeh and S. 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… Expand
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