摘要: |
The ability to remotely assess road and airfield pavement condition is
critical to dynamic basing, contingency deployment, convoy entry and
sustainment, and post-attack reconnaissance. Current Army processes to
evaluate surface condition are time-consuming and require Soldier
presence. Recent developments in the area of photogrammetry and light
detection and ranging (LiDAR) enable rapid generation of three-
dimensional point cloud models of the pavement surface. Point clouds
were generated from data collected on a series of asphalt, concrete, and
unsurfaced pavements using ground- and aerial-based sensors. ERDC-
developed algorithms automatically discretize the pavement surface into
cross- and grid-based sections to identify physical surface distresses such
as depressions, ruts, and cracks. Depressions can be sized from the point-
to-point distances bounding each depression, and surface roughness is
determined based on the point heights along a given cross section. Noted
distresses are exported to a distress map file containing only the distress
points and their locations for later visualization and quality control along
with classification and quantification. Further research and automation
into point cloud analysis is ongoing with the goal of enabling Soldiers with
limited training the capability to rapidly assess pavement surface
condition from a remote platform. |