Model Based Bolt Preload Monitoring Using Digital Image Correlation

Displacement monitoring of a Long-Span Arch Railway Bridge using Digital Image Correlation (DIC)

There is an escalating demand for condition monitoring enhancement of transport infrastructures worldwide. Bridges are of vital importance in transportation infrastructure and need such monitoring. In this research, a non-contact vision-based technique called Digital Image Correlation (DIC) was used to calculate the bridge displacements. A high frame rate camera with 4K capability was used for ...

Digital image correlation-based optical coherence elastography.

Optical coherence elastography (OCE) provides deformation or material properties, mapping of soft tissue. We aim to develop a robust speckle tracking OCE technique with improved resolution and accuracy. A digital image correlation (DIC)-based OCE technique was developed by combining an advanced DIC algorithm with optical coherence tomography (OCT). System calibration and measurement error evalu...

Digital Image Correlation

A Review of Rock Bolt Monitoring Using Smart Sensors

Rock bolts have been widely used as rock reinforcing members in underground coal mine roadways and tunnels. Failures of rock bolts occur as a result of overloading, corrosion, seismic burst and bad grouting, leading to catastrophic economic and personnel losses. Monitoring the health condition of the rock bolts plays an important role in ensuring the safe operation of underground mines. This wo...

Image-based Bolt-loosening Detection Technique of Bolt Joint in Steel Bridges

This paper presents a novel bolt-loosening detection technique using image information of bolted joints in steel bridges. Firstly, existing bolt-loosening detection techniques are reviewed and their benefits and limitations are analyzed. Secondly, a bolt-loosening detection algorithm using image processing techniques is newly proposed for bolted joints in steel bridges. It consists of 3 steps: ...