Sustainable Pavement Materials: Design, Application and Performance Evaluation (Second Edition)
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction and Building Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editor
Interests: multi-scale modelling for transportation infrastructure; pavement–environment interaction; pavement material
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Dear Colleagues,
The success of our previous edition of the Special Issue “Sustainable Pavement Materials: Design, Application and Performance Evaluation” shows that developing sustainable pavement materials in road engineering remains a crucial topic because of their abundant advantages over other conventional materials. Sustainable pavement materials can significantly improve pavement durability and abrasion resistance, transportation costs, energy consumption, resource utilization, maintenance strategy, and environmental impacts, among others.
In recent years, there has been a surge in research focusing on developing and assessing sustainable pavement materials. However, there are still varied challenges, such as the structural form, design methodology, performance prediction, technology development, etc., that require further investigation and resolution.
This Special Issue will gather research articles related to “Sustainable Pavement Materials: Design, Application and Performance Evaluation”. Original research and review articles are encouraged to provide a platform for researchers to discuss progress and future perspectives regarding sustainable pavement materials. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, recycled pavement materials, modified asphalt materials, utilizing innovative recycled materials in pavement construction, industrial waste for pavement construction, life cycle assessment of sustainable pavements, multi-scale modeling and performance evaluation of road materials, environmental impacts of pavement materials, eco-friendly pavement construction, multi-scale modeling, and performance evaluation of pavement materials. Moreover, experimental and numerical analyses of case studies aligned with the topic of sustainable pavement materials are welcome.
Dr. Jiaqi Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainable pavement materials
- recycled pavement materials
- modified asphalt materials
- industrial waste for pavement construction
- multi-scale modeling of pavement materials
- performance evaluation of pavement materials
- eco-friendly pavement
- environmental impacts of pavement materials
- industrial waste for pavement construction
- life-cycle assessment of pavements
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