Rapid Damage Assessment. Volume I. Methodology for Selecting Repair Area of Ordnance-Damaged Pavements.

Abstract

This report introduces and provides detailed information on four damage assessment and data reduction systems. The functions of these systems are to locate and assess the magnitude and location of the damage sustained by an airbase pavement during an attack using conventional weaponry and to select the section of the runway requiring the least amount of repair time to make operational. The primary system utilizes a linear photodiode array camera (1728 elements) to scan the runway and a microcomputer and video processing equipment to reduce the data and select the repair area. Three backup systems are recommended which require more time to assess the damage and reduce the data. Recommendations are made by the New Mexico Engineering Research Institute (NMERI) for the development of the four systems. This report is Volume I of two volumes. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA108288

Entities

People

  • Christopher W. Wilson
  • Neil D. Williams

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Reconnaissance
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Personnel Mines
  • Cameras
  • Computer Programming
  • Data Processing
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Image Processing
  • Modules (Electronics)
  • Photographs
  • Processing Equipment
  • Reconnaissance Aircraft
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy