Efficient Utilization of Multi-Source Solid Waste in Asphalt Pavements: Full-Chain Collaboration from Material Innovation to Intelligent Management
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction and Building Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2027 | Viewed by 158
Editors
Interests: functional modification of building materials; functional conversion and utilization of solid wastes; finite element calculation of infrastructure structures; damage mechanics
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Interests: magnesium-based cementitious materials; solid waste resource utilization; functional modification of building materials; pavement materials and mechanical behavior
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Interests: performance of recycled materials; multi-scale characterization of pavement materials; damage mechanisms of pavement structures; airfield pavement behavior
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the in-depth advancement of global carbon neutrality goals and resource recycling strategies, the high-value utilization of multi-source solid waste (industrial solid waste, construction waste, municipal solid waste, agricultural solid waste, etc.) in asphalt pavements has become a pivotal research direction for promoting the green transformation of road engineering and advancing sustainable material development. This Special Issue, closely aligned with the focus of Materials journal on advanced material research, performance optimization and engineering application, specifically targets the full-chain utilization of multi-source solid waste in asphalt pavement materials. It aims to break through key technical bottlenecks in this field, including inadequate performance of single solid waste-modified asphalt, poor adaptability of solid waste–asphalt composites under extreme service environments, potential environmental risks from solid waste utilization, and lack of precise intelligent management for related materials and pavements. This Special Issue provides an interdisciplinary communication platform for researchers and engineers engaged in road materials, civil engineering, environmental engineering, and intelligent detection, focusing on the innovation of solid waste-based asphalt materials and their engineering application. By integrating basic research on material interfaces, technological innovation of modification processes, engineering application verification, and sustainable performance evaluation, it is committed to promoting the innovation and industrialization of solid waste utilization technology in asphalt pavements and contributing to the sustainable development of the global construction industry and advanced material engineering. Papers focusing on innovative research, technical breakthroughs and practical engineering applications related to the theme are warmly welcomed.
In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Multi-source solid waste synergistic modified asphalt materials (mechanism, formulation and performance optimization).
- Adaptability of solid waste–asphalt composites under extreme environments.
- Environmental safety and life cycle assessment of solid waste–asphalt pavements.
- Intelligent evaluation and digital twin for solid waste–asphalt pavements.
Prof. Dr. Baofeng Pan
Dr. Peng Yin
Guest Editors
Dr. Liting Yu
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- multi-source solid waste
- asphalt pavement materials
- synergistic modification
- extreme environment adaptability
- environmental safety
- life cycle assessment
- intelligent evaluation
- digital twin
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