Accurate description of the condition of engineering structures is important for ensuring structural safety. Traditional analysis methods based on simplified physical mechanisms cannot accurately ...

The existence of flaws seriously weakens the rock strength, directly affects the crack expansion morphology, and indirectly affects the slope stability. In this study, uniaxial compression tests were ...

A new dual-module system combining YOLOv8 and the Swin Transformer shows that AI can detect structural cracks more quickly and accurately than humans. This offers a significant upgrade in how building ...

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is critical in ensuring safety and reliability, areas easily compromised if not monitored with a broad range of necessary tools and techniques. Locating concealed ...