Sustainability in Asphalt, Concrete and Pavement Materials: Design, Performance, and Characterization (Second Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

The success of our previous edition of the Special Issue “Sustainability in Asphalt, Concrete and Pavement Materials: Design, Performance, and Characterization”, has encouraged us to create a second Special Issue under the same title that will further present state-of-the-art advances in the sustainability of asphalt, concrete, and pavement materials regarding their design, performance, and characterization.

As a result of the rapid development in both construction and technologies in the field of pavement engineering, it is essential to pay more attention to the issue of sustainability, and thus, it is crucial to gather relevant state-of-the-art knowledge. Researchers and scientists within the fields of pavement engineering and materials are therefore invited to submit original contributions related, but not limited, to areas such as asphalt binders, asphalt mixtures, cement concrete, materials within different layers of pavement, mixture design, performance evaluation, damage mechanisms, feature characterization, and methods for design and construction. It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Interdisciplinary domains are welcome to provide novel and sophisticated methods as scalable solutions. Submissions of original research and review articles are encouraged.

Dr. Wentao Wang
Prof. Dr. Quantao Liu
Guest Editors

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