Advanced Technologies in Asphalt Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Due to the increasing traffic level and axle load applied on asphalt pavement, traditional asphalt materials can no longer meet the requirements of modern highways.

During the last few decades, extensive efforts have been made by the asphalt pavement researchers and practitioners to improve the performance of traditional petroleum asphalt. Many advanced technologies have been introduced and widely utilized. These include the various polymer-modified asphalts, rubber asphalt, biomass-derived asphalt, nanomaterials, waste plastic application, self-healing materials, etc.

This Special Issue aims to collect advances in the area of asphalt materials, which is significant for industry practitioners, researchers, government agencies, and other stakeholders.

We invite authors to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that will contribute to the area of advanced technologies for asphalt materials. Suggested topics related to this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

• Polymer-modified asphalt;
• Warm/cold-mix asphalt;
• Waste-based modified asphalt;
• Bio-based modified asphalt;
• Regenerated asphalt;
• Self-healing asphalt;
• Characterization and evaluation of advanced asphalt materials.

Dr. Chuanqi Yan
Dr. Peng Lin
Dr. Jiwang Jiang
Prof. Dr. Guoqiang Sun
Dr. Quan Lv
Guest Editors

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