New Technology for Road Surface Detection, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Transportation and Future Mobility".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 January 2026 | Viewed by 20
Special Issue Editors
Interests: digital transportation infrastructure; road detection and evaluation; intelligent construction
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Interests: pavement monitoring; intelligent pavement construction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Roads are essential transportation infrastructures within and between cities, and their timely and efficient maintenance and operation are crucial for ensuring their structural and functional performance. The use of advanced technologies to quickly and accurately detect and perceive road surface performance is a key link to achieving these objectives. Under the long-term influence of loads and environmental impacts, road infrastructure inevitably develop surface damages, such as cracks and potholes, as well as invisible defects and other types of damage. The use of advanced detection or sensor technologies to identify and assess these defects or early-stage performance deterioration has always been a research focus in the field of road maintenance and management.
In this Special Issue, we aim to explore, discuss, and highlight the emerging technologies revolutionizing the field of road infrastructure detection. This Special Issue offers an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, engineers, technologists, and policymakers to share the latest advancements, methodologies, and applications in road infrastructure detection technology.
Our focus revolves around innovative techniques that improve the efficiency, accuracy, and comprehensiveness of road infrastructure analysis. This includes, but is not limited to, ground-penetrating radar technology, video imaging technology, satellite remote sensing technology, lidar technology, fiber optic sensing technology, drone-based detection technology, and applications of artificial intelligence, such as deep learning.
We also encourage the discussion of the practical implications of these technologies, including the challenges and opportunities associated with their implementation, their impact on road maintenance and safety, and the economic and environmental implications of their use.
Dr. Difei Wu
Prof. Dr. Hongduo Zhao
Dr. Yishun Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- non-destructive testing
- smart sensing in road surface monitoring
- AI in road surface detection
- ground-penetrating radar (GPR)
- satellite remote sensing in road surface detection
- road maintenance
- road surface performance evaluation
- drone-based detection
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