Archive of IJHRB


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Vol. - No. Vol.9 - No.4
Date Dec., 2020
Title Transfer Learning Based Real-Time Crack Detection Using Unmanned Aerial System
Author N. Yuvaraj1, Bubryur Kim2+, and K. R. Sri Preethaa3
Institutions 1,2Department of Architectural Engineering, Kyungil University, 50 Gamasilgil, Hayangeup, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 38428, South Korea
3Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, 641407, India
Abstract Monitoring civil structures periodically is necessary for ensuring the fitness of the structures. Cracks on inner and outer surfaces of the building plays a vital role in indicating the health of the building. Conventionally, human visual inspection techniques were carried up to human reachable altitudes. Monitoring of high rise infrastructures cannot be done using this primitive method. Also, there is a necessity for more accurate prediction of cracks on building surfaces for ensuring the health and safety of the building. The proposed research focused on developing an efficient crack classification model using Transfer Learning enabled EfficientNet (TL-EN) architecture. Though many other pre-trained models were available for crack
classification, they rely on more number of training parameters for better accuracy. The TL-EN model attained an accuracy of 0.99 with less number of parameters on large dataset. A bench marked METU dataset with 40000 images were used to test and validate the proposed model. The surfaces of high rise buildings were investigated using vision enabled Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAV). These UAV is fabricated with TL-EN model schema for capturing and analyzing the real time streaming video of building surfaces.
Keyword High rise buildings, transfer learning, EfficientNet, Unmanned Arial Vehicle (UAV), crack classification
PP. PP.351~360
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