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A computer vision-based approach for crack detection in ultra high performance concrete beams

  • Roya Solhmirzaei;Hadi Salehi;Venkatesh Kodur
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.341-348
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    • 2024
  • Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) has received remarkable attentions in civil infrastructure due to its unique mechanical characteristics and durability. UHPC gains increasingly dominant in essential structural elements, while its unique properties pose challenges for traditional inspection methods, as damage may not always manifest visibly on the surface. As such, the need for robust inspection techniques for detecting cracks in UHPC members has become imperative as traditional methods often fall short in providing comprehensive and timely evaluations. In the era of artificial intelligence, computer vision has gained considerable interest as a powerful tool to enhance infrastructure condition assessment with image and video data collected from sensors, cameras, and unmanned aerial vehicles. This paper presents a computer vision-based approach employing deep learning to detect cracks in UHPC beams, with the aim of addressing the inherent limitations of traditional inspection methods. This work leverages computer vision to discern intricate patterns and anomalies. Particularly, a convolutional neural network architecture employing transfer learning is adopted to identify the presence of cracks in the beams. The proposed approach is evaluated with image data collected from full-scale experiments conducted on UHPC beams subjected to flexural and shear loadings. The results of this study indicate the applicability of computer vision and deep learning as intelligent methods to detect major and minor cracks and recognize various damage mechanisms in UHPC members with better efficiency compared to conventional monitoring methods. Findings from this work pave the way for the development of autonomous infrastructure health monitoring and condition assessment, ensuring early detection in response to evolving structural challenges. By leveraging computer vision, this paper contributes to usher in a new era of effectiveness in autonomous crack detection, enhancing the resilience and sustainability of UHPC civil infrastructure.

Consideration over Appropriation Activity of Design (디자인의 전유 행위에 대한 고찰)

  • Kim, yang-ho
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.993-997
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    • 2009
  • Designs in the modernism era were produced for the purpose of standardization of items and devices centered on efficiency and functions, and the will of design consumers in the industrial era, when consumption exceeded production, was limited to the objects of consumption. But, after the post-modernism era, design consumers have started to entail acts of exclusive possession such as participation in the design idolization, partipation, tuning, control and parody as design consumers in the digital environment do not passively accept what is given to them anymore, and aggressively intervene in the process of design production and management. It is expected that designs will change from the system in which only professionals can produce and manage its production to that of cooperating with consumers to produce designs, and various forms of consumers' exclusive possession will change all sort of design environments including production methods surrounding design products and distribution. Therefore, this study seeks to induce efficient design production by understanding changes of consumers' cultural environment resisting standardization and structuralization with smoothy perception between producers and consumers through classification of consumers' appropriation into de-construction, re-signification and self-identification.

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Analysis of Dress Style and Patterns for the Reproduction of Empire Style Dress (엠파이어 시대의 드레스 재현을 위한 형태분석 및 패턴연구)

  • Lee, Jeong-Ran;Jung, Jae-Min;Cho, Youn-Joo
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.687-696
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    • 2006
  • This study aims at analyzing the silhouette, dress patterns and detail of Empire Era(1789-1825), and making use of this results for the modern stage costume construction. The dresses of Empire era were divided into X and H style. The results revealed that the bust girth of X style group was bigger than that of H style group. Such patterns as high waistline, puff sleeve, train, etc. which appeared during the peak time of Empire style period were more remarkable for H style group. This obviously indicated that more epical characteristics were observed for H style group than for X style group. Similarly to silhouette analysis, based on the results from cluster analysis conducted to put similar groups together, two groups were formed - a visually differentiated and complex group and a simple group in the absence of detail. Most dress details from Empire period had simple embellishments. Comparison of the average size of the patterns between two groups indicated that waist front length of H style was shorter than that of X style. Front interscye was even greater than back width for both groups. Such trend was quite different from today's pattern in which back width is larger than front width based on body measurements. Preference for big breast during the period was reflected on dress patterns and the side length of front side goes across the back much further for bodice patterns. Two representatives were selected and reproduced using materials similar to those of real dresses of Empire style, following two times fit test.

U-City Service Space Realization Strategies in Digital Convergence Era (디지털융합시대의 U-City서비스 공간화 방안)

  • Cho, Chun-Man;Chung, Moon-Sub
    • Spatial Information Research
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.77-88
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    • 2010
  • It is possible to evaluate hi-tech spatial services such as U-City services as part of the visible results from more than 10 years of public efforts and budgets on Korea National Digitalization. The U-City services are mainly based on ICT(Information and Communication Technology), but in the aspect of giving intelligence to the existing physical space, in principle, they are to be inter-connected with both spatial information and spatial plan. But, still there are few shared concepts for linking U-City services with spatial information and spatial plan. Therefore, under the proposition of the realization of Ubiquitous National Territory in the Digital Convergence Era, the purpose of the current study is to facilitate the balanced development among U-City services, national spatial data and spatial plan by proposing a new concept of Digital Convergence Space. Then, for its realization, regarding laws and policy arrangements are suggested.

A Conceptual Model for an Administrative and Legal Process Provider of Urban Regeneration using Construction Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (전자매뉴얼을 활용한 도시재생사업의 법.행정절차 제공 시스템의 개념적 모형)

  • Park, Moon-Seo;Jeong, Jin-Wook;Lee, Hyun-Soo
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.33-42
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    • 2010
  • Recently construction industry has faced new era as following the advances of IT technology. It becomes possible that information and knowledge among people are exchanged actively thanks to computer-based tools. In fact, the tools, PMIS(Project Management Information System) and KMS(Knowledge Management System) already have been introduced to constuction industry successfully. Lately IETM(Interactive Electronic Technical Manual) is tried to be one of these systems. This trying is being enlarged that the IETM's concept is changed to administrative and legal process provider throughout the lifespan of construction projects. However, it is hard to define construction IETM in mega-scale project like urban regeneration project because construction projects are complex and have diverse stakeholders. These properties may make the IETM ambiguous system. To do define IETM as a administrative and legal process provider, this research will conduct survey and interview, then analyze its own properties and find out design strategies. Based on the properties and strategies, suggesting IETM's system demands and architecture of urban regeneration processes.

The study on the Information Policy Vision of Science Technology in the 21s1 century (21세기 과학기술정보정책방향에 관한 연구 - 특히 건설기술정보정책 방향을 중심으로 -)

  • 박찬용
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.115-135
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    • 1998
  • The purpose of this paper is to propose the vision for information policy of construction technical information in the era of Knowledge Revolution Society and to contribute global economy as well as domestic in the cooperation with the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Information and Communication. For these we consider the scope of construction technical information, and the concept of the policy on it, and propose information classifications briefly. Also, we examine the currency of information policy in domestic and abroad. It is also examined domestic present condition of government, public corporation, construction industries. The 4 strategies for Information Policy of Construction Technology in the 21st century are presented as follows i ) Acknowledgement on the change of condition in the 21st century ii ) Paradigm shieft of Information Policy of Construction Technology iii) Development of Information Infrastructure of Construction Technology iv) Presentation of vision on the Information Policy for focused construction field

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A Study on the Buildings of 2nd Construction of Silla Bunhwangsa temple in the mid-8th century (8세기 중반 신라 분황사 중건가람 건축 연구)

  • Kim, Sookyung
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.71-80
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    • 2021
  • This study tries to shed light on character and architectural features of the 2nd construction of Bunhwangsa temple in the mid-8th century. The site of Bunhwangsa Temple is divided into upper and lower areas based on retaining walls running from northwest to southeast, and the main area of the temple centered on Geumdang(the main hall) is located in the upper area. Space composition of the lower area including Wonji(a garden pond) and Gangdang(a lecture hall), is noteworthy in that Bunhwangsa Temple was constructed in a deviating way from rigorous constructional disciplines and used their space efficiently. The Geumdang in the 2nd construction was the largest worship hall with 7×6 bays. The hall was designed to divide its space into two ; the core space was surrounded by outer space. Each gap between columns in the hall was narrowed from center to outer. The main construction of the Geumdang was built as a stable structure with lead-to corridors. This was a much-advanced style than Geumdang at Hwangnyongsa Temple. The Gangdang is presumed to be a large building site as a typical Gangdang style in the Silla era. It was built in the late 9th century and was located in the northern part of the retaining walls. The composition of the middle gate and southern corridors were in double and long corridor style and they were located in front of the 2nd construction. This style coincided in the form of the architectural style of the Hwangnongsa Temple. The 2nd construction of the Bunhwangsa Temple was smaller than the Hwangnongsa Temple. However, it was a prestigious architecture.

Research on Digital Twin Automation Techniques in the Construction Industry through 2D Design Drawing Data Extraction and 3D Spatial Data Construction (2D 설계도면 데이터 추출 및 3차원 공간 데이터 구축을 통한 건설산업 디지털 트윈 자동화 기법 연구)

  • Lee, Jongseo;Moon, Il-YOUNG
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2021.10a
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    • pp.609-612
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    • 2021
  • Government agencies and companies are establishing and promoting digital transformation strategies in various industrial fields, and are leading the era of the 4th industrial revolution through successful technological innovation. In this time of change, we can see many stories of global companies Nike and Starbucks as successful examples of digital transformation. These two companies are showing successful results through digital transformation. Domestic companies are also conducting digital innovation based on mobile, cloud, IoT, artificial intelligence, and AR/VR technologies, and are establishing RPA (Robotic Process Automation) processes for high efficiency and high productivity. In this paper, we introduce the 3D digital twin space construction automation process technique using data from the entire construction cycle of design, construction, and maintenance of the construction industry, and look into the digital transformation strategy of the construction industry in the future.

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Internet Ethics for Mobile SNS Era (모바일 SNS 시대의 인터넷 윤리)

  • Kim, Young-Hun
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2013
  • Rapidly increasing internet use has brought beneficial development in many aspect and provide us with abundance and comfort as well as enhancement of quality of life. But Cyber space is giving rise to some negative result such as violence and delinquent conduct. It bring about more serious social problems than real life. We try to provide the desirable direction for Internet ethics by mobile SNS. SNS has not only economical values but also social communication toll to exchange and share views of specific issues with other users. Social influential and personal emotion factor is a factor of community relation. Thus SNS contribute to self-construction, interpersonal relations and public sphere. This internet ethics of mobile Era will makes people recognize the correct internet ethics information and do it, suggest the solution for interpersonal internet environment.

A Study on the Architectural Expression of the Utopia and Dystopia (유토피아와 디스토피아의 건축적 표현에 관한 연구)

  • 이일형
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • no.25
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    • pp.184-190
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    • 2000
  • If we take account of the Architectural Tradition which aims a construction of better environment, we can see that this tradition has ended historically toward Utopia. It is a continual trend from ancient to contemporary epoch especially in each transitional periods. Utopia is an ideal commonwealth in which inhabitants exist under perfect conditions, ideally perfect places or state of things. But, Dystopia implies skeptical perspective on the future which has emerged as a result of the increasing awareness about crisis concerning negative aspects highlighted by progress of science and technology since Modern era. Dystopia is the opposite of Utopia which was a propaganda used by Modern architecture and has characteristics of Post-Modernity. Utopias plans are complete projects of image, its goal is an improvement according to the eras. Its plans are characterized by rigid geometrical pattern as circle and square, which contain generally center·axis·enclosure·boundary·symmetry. Recent architectural circumstances no longer reflect utopian visions. Dystopias plans have described extreme mechanism, destructive offense, expression of fragmentation and differentiation in contemporary architecture. Therefore, as the Utopian architecture describes characteristics of the era unlike the continuity of its concept, the Dystopian architecture will find its expression differently while maintaining its basic concept and intention.

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