Integration of solar thermal collectors and heat pumps with thermal energy storage systems for building energy demand reduction: A comprehensive review

SM Vahidhosseini, S Rashidi, SH Hsu, WM Yan… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar energy, coupled with innovative technologies, holds the promise of propelling
buildings towards net-zero and carbon neutrality. In this regard, this review explores the …

Corrosion assessment using ground penetrating radar in reinforced concrete structures: Influential factors and analysis methods

N Faris, T Zayed, EM Abdelkader, A Fares - Automation in Construction, 2023 - Elsevier
Reinforcement corrosion is a common cause of damage in concrete structures, resulting in
cracking and spalling of the surrounding concrete. Recently, ground penetrating radar …

Automated rebar recognition and corrosion assessment of concrete bridge decks using ground penetrating radar

N Faris, T Zayed, A Fares, S Abdelkhalek… - Automation in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Reinforcement corrosion is a leading cause of damage in concrete bridge decks, resulting in
cracking and spalling in the concrete cover. Recently, ground penetrating radar (GPR) …

Learning to remove clutter in real-world GPR images using hybrid data

HH Sun, W Cheng, Z Fan - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The clutter in the ground-penetrating radar (GPR) radargram disguises or distorts
subsurface target responses, which severely affects the accuracy of target detection and …

Recognition of void defects in airport runways using ground-penetrating radar and shallow CNN

J Zhang, Y Lu, Z Yang, X Zhu, T Zheng, X Liu… - Automation in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The interpretation of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data usually depends on manual work,
thus yielding unsatisfactory accuracy when processing complicated cases. To address this …

[HTML][HTML] Study on thermal aspects of lithium-ion battery packs with phase change material and air cooling system

TF Yang, PY Lin, CY Lin, WM Yan, S Rashidi - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
During the operation of the lithium batteries, due to energy loss, the heat will be generated.
Therefore, effective heat dissipation technique is required for operation of the lithium …

Reconstructing unseen spaces in collapsed structures for search and rescue via deep learning based radargram inversion

D Hu, J Chen, S Li - Automation in Construction, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper developed a novel deep learning-based approach to processing ground-
penetrating radar (GPR) radargrams to reconstruct the occluded interior spaces of collapsed …

Deep learning based method for 3D reconstruction of underground pipes in 3D GPR C-scan data

Y Zhou, J Zhang, Q Hu, P Zhao, F Yu, M Ai… - … and Underground Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
Many urban underground locations suffer from incomplete or inaccurate records.
Nevertheless, a comprehensive understanding of the subsurface conditions is crucial …

Automated detection of through-cracks in pavement using three-instantaneous attributes fusion and Swin Transformer network

H Huang, X Hao, L Pei, J Ding, Y Hu, W Li - Automation in Construction, 2024 - Elsevier
To improve the performance of existing through-crack detection networks by solving the
problem in which through-cracks are misidentified as simple surface cracks due to limited …

Review of InfraRed Thermography and Ground‐Penetrating Radar Applications for Building Assessment

I Garrido, M Solla, S Lagüela… - Advances in Civil …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The first appearance of concern for the good condition of a building dates back to ancient
times. In recent years, with the emergence of new inspection technologies and the growing …