The paper introduces YOLOEZ, a no-code, GUI-based tool that streamlines the entire YOLO model workflow—data labeling, training, and inference—for automated structural defect detection. It demonstrates that YOLOEZ outperforms traditional image‑processing methods across most detection metrics while simplifying deployment for users without programming expertise. The tool aims to lower technical barriers in structural health monitoring, enabling broader adoption of AI-driven inspection for predictive maintenance and intelligent structural systems.
By Michael Holm, Tanner McElroy, Xinghang Zhang, Guang Lin
arXiv:2606. 19934v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Current machine learning models commonly require large and well-annotated datasets.
By Marta Fernandez-Moreno, Margarita Guerrero, Rosalia Rementeria, Pablo Mesejo, Raul Moreno
arXiv:2204. 14224v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The automated analysis of heterogeneous natural textures is frequently hindered by physical damage and data loss, presenting a significant challenge to computer vision.
By Galymzhan Abdimanap, Kairat Bostanbekov, Abdelrahman Abdallah, Anel Alimova, Darkhan Kurmangaliyev, Daniyar Nurseitov, Tatyana Dedova, Larissa Balakay, Serik Nurakynov
The study introduces a leakage‑safe evaluation protocol for detecting hydrogen embrittlement in 316L stainless steel using SEM micrographs. By employing a Leave‑One‑Region‑Out cross‑validation over 14 spatial regions, the authors compare six feature‑classifier combinations, finding that a simple local binary pattern (LBP) with a support vector machine (SVM) achieves the best performance (balanced accuracy 0.79, H2 recall 0.69, H2 precision 0.82). The results are statistically significant (p = 0.008) and suggest that texture descriptors can reliably recover hydrogen‑charging signatures even with limited data.
By Muhammad Awais, Muhammad Yaseen, Abdul Shakoor, Niaz Ahmed Niaz, Huria Zia, Muhammad Zain Shakoor
arXiv:2606. 08033v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Cracks are a critical indicator of building health, and early stage identification is fundamental to prevent harmful damages.
By Mattia Forlesi, Alfonso Esposito, Ivan Zyrianoff, Alessandro Marzani, Marco Di Felice
The paper introduces TEEP‑RCNN, a two‑stage detector that augments Faster R‑CNN with a Feature Pyramid Network backbone and an enhanced Convolutional Block Attention Module (CBAM) featuring dropout in the channel attention MLP and batch‑norm in the spatial attention branch. Training employs a differential learning‑rate schedule with cosine‑annealing warm‑up, and inference uses Test‑Time Augmentation combined with Weighted Box Fusion to stabilize localization of elongated and boundary‑adjacent defects. On the NEU‑DET benchmark, TEEP‑RCNN attains 73.3 % mAP@50 and 37.9 % mAP@50‑95 in only ten epochs on a single GPU, matching or surpassing YOLOv11m while excelling on the rolled‑in‑scale defect category under the COCO metric.
By Kirtan Rajesh
arXiv:2606. 23851v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This work investigates the implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) for real-time monitoring in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing.
By Inioluwa Emmanuel, Zhuo Yang, Ho Yeung, Xinyao Zhang
arXiv:2606. 27304v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Guided wave-based structural health monitoring (GWSHM) with onboard transducers offers significant potential for the early diagnosis of damage in engineering structures.
By Santosh Kapuria, Abhishek
This paper presents the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2026 Grand Challenge on Cross-Scenario Defect Detection and Fine-Grained Severity Grading for High-Precision Manufacturing. The challenge is motivated by two key limitations of existing industrial defect inspection systems: (1) current deep learning-based methods often suffer significant performance degradation when deployed in unseen production scenarios, and (2) most benchmarks neglect severity-aware assessment, which is critical for risk control and yield optimization.
arXiv:2608. 07589v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Predicting fatigue failure in steel components experimentally is costly because it requires testing across multiple compositions and processing conditions.
By Irene Boruah
Guided wave-based structural health monitoring (GWSHM) with onboard transducers offers significant potential for the early diagnosis of damage in engineering structures. However, the practical deployment of deep learning models is often hindered by the limited availability of labelled experimental data and the high computational cost of generating large-scale high-fidelity simulation datasets.
arXiv:2609.26426v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is widely used for transient mechanical simulations, but its high computational cost limits real-time and high-resolution...
By Georgios Triantafyllou, Panagiotis G. Kalozoumis, Dimitris K. Iakovidis