Surface Protection of Pavements: New Perspectives and Applications
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Aspects in Colloid and Interface Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 2594
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Intelligent transportation infrastructure construction and operation
Interests: Intelligent transportation infrastructure construction and operation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
After being used for a certain period of time, asphalt pavement, as the main pavement form of highways and municipal roads, under the combined effect of traffic load and environment, is subjected to a variety of surface damage, as well as the reduction or even loss of its surface function. If reasonable treatments are not implemented to deal with these issues, it will not only produce structural damage in the pavement, but will also be a serious threat to the safety of driving. Therefore, it is necessary to detect, monitor, and evaluate the early damage of asphalt pavements, and to select targeted technical measures for treatment at the right time to restore the pavement’s function, while reducing maintenance costs in order to achieve low-carbon and low-cost maintenance.
In this respect, our Special Issue aims to publish high-quality original papers that shed new insights into anti-skid function restoration; the intelligent detection of surface distresses; and the design of maintenance programs, asphalt micro-surfacing, new materials for thin-layer maintenance, and new technology for the surface regeneration of asphalt pavements.
Dr. Ke Zhang
Dr. Wei Zhang
Dr. Yi Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- anti-slip properties
- disease detection
- conservation design
- bitumen coatings
- micro-surfacing
- thin-layer covering
- regeneration
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