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Deployable Deep Learning Models for Crack Detection: Efficiency, Interpretability, and Severity Estimation

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Amna Altaf
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Adeel Mehmood
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Massimo L. Filograno
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Soltan Alharbi
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Jamshed Iqbal *
DOI:10.3390/buildings15183362delete
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Concrete infrastructure inspection is essential for maintaining the safety and longevity of urban environments. Traditional manual crack detection methods are labor-intensive, inconsistent, and difficult to scale. Recent advancements in deep learning and computer vision offer automated alternatives, particularly when deployed via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for enhanced coverage and flexibility. However, achieving real-time performance on embedded systems requires models that are not only accurate but also lightweight and computationally efficient. This study presents CrackDetect-Lite, a comparative analysis of three deep learning architectures for binary crack detection using the SDNET2018 benchmark dataset: CNNSimple (a custom lightweight model), RSNet (a shallow residual network), and MobileVNet (a fine-tuned MobileNetV2). Class imbalance was addressed using a weighted cross-entropy loss function, and models were evaluated across multiple criteria including classification accuracy, crack-class F1-score, inference latency, and model size. Among the models, MobileVNet achieved the best balance between detection performance and deployability, with an accuracy of 90.5% and a crack F1-score of 0.73, while maintaining a low computational footprint suitable for UAV-based deployment. These findings demonstrate that carefully selected lightweight CNN architectures can deliver reliable, real-time crack detection, supporting scalable and autonomous infrastructure monitoring in smart city systems.
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