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  • Article
  • Open Access
961 Views
14 Pages

30 March 2025

The combination of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and foamed bitumen content (FBC) in bitumen mixtures presents a viable and economically advantageous approach to asphalt pavement construction. This investigation delves into the optimal combination...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,183 Views
18 Pages

The Quest for Renewable Energy—Effects of Different Asphalt Mixes and Laboratory Loading on Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters

  • Lubinda F. Walubita,
  • Abu N. M. Faruk,
  • Jerome Helffrich,
  • Samer Dessouky,
  • Luckson Kamisa,
  • Hossein Roshani and
  • Arturo Montoya

23 December 2022

In furtherance of the quest for green renewable and sustainable energy, an effort was made in this laboratory study to generate and harvest electric power from hot-mix asphalt (HMA); a viscoelastic material that is widely used for road construction....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,134 Views
22 Pages

Effect of Nanoclay on the Performance Characteristics of SBS-Modified Asphalt Concrete Mixtures

  • Asmat Khan,
  • Sarfraz Ahmed,
  • Naqeeb Ullah Khattak,
  • Menglim Hoy and
  • Chamroeun Se

22 August 2025

This study examined the synergistic effects of Styrene–Butadiene–Styrene (SBS) polymer and nanoclay on asphalt concrete mixture performance through a systematic experimental program using 4.5% SBS with varying nanoclay concentrations (0&n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,137 Views
16 Pages

Influence of Petroleum-Based and Bio-Derived Recycling Agents on High-RAP Asphalt Mixtures Performance

  • Ibrahim Elnaml,
  • Louay N. Mohammad,
  • Gaylon L. Baumgardner,
  • Jun Liu,
  • Samuel Cooper and
  • Samuel Cooper

20 February 2024

Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) has been utilized as a potential partial substitute for virgin asphalt binder in asphalt mixtures. However, a primary concern with increasing RAP content in asphalt mixtures is the cracking potential, attributed to th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,006 Views
20 Pages

Investigation of Asphalt Mixture Balanced Design Method Based on Intermediate Layer Properties

  • Jie Yu,
  • Xinhe Hu,
  • Qi Mao,
  • Xianglong Chen,
  • Gang Cheng and
  • Yong Zheng

25 March 2025

The determination of the optimal asphalt content in aggregate mix design is currently conducted independently of the pavement structure. This approach fails to consider the characteristics of the pavement structure, such as layer positioning and thic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,431 Views
19 Pages

23 July 2020

The Hamburg wheel tracking test (HWTT) is widely used to evaluate the performance of asphalt mixtures. According to HWTT specifications, the stripping inflection point (SIP) and the rut depth at a certain number of load cycles are two common indicato...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,096 Views
25 Pages

2 November 2022

Non-renewable resources such as natural stone and asphalt are in short supply. Recycling technology, with its lower cost, has been used as the primary approach to asphalt pavement maintenance engineering. The inclusion of reclaimed asphalt pavement m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
619 Views
20 Pages

Design and Evaluation of Modified Asphalt with Enhanced Stripping Resistance Based on Surface Free Energy

  • Tomohiro Fujinaga,
  • Tomohiro Miyasaka,
  • Yousuke Kanou and
  • Shouichi Akiba

Latent stripping has become increasingly apparent in asphalt pavements, particularly in highway rehabilitation and international construction projects supported by Official Development Assistance (ODA) from the Government of Japan. Stripping accelera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,629 Views
13 Pages

10 November 2022

This study focused on the detection of mesoscale meteorological phenomena, such as the nocturnal low-level jet (NLLJ) and sea breeze (SB), using automatic deterministic detection wavelet technique algorithms (HWTT and SWT) and the machine learning re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
707 Views
20 Pages

A Rubberized-Aerogel Composite Binder Modifier for Durable and Sustainable Asphalt Pavements

  • Carlos J. Obando,
  • Jolina J. Karam,
  • Jose R. Medina and
  • Kamil E. Kaloush

23 August 2025

The United States produces approximately 500 million tons of asphalt mixtures annually, while generating vast amounts of waste materials that could be repurposed for sustainable infrastructure. Each year, 1.4 billion gallons of lubricating oils are a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
6,301 Views
20 Pages

25 March 2019

The usage of Ground Tire Rubber (GTR) in asphalt pavements has gained renewed interest due to its potential sustainability, economic, and performance benefits. This study focuses on asphalt mixtures designed with three different rubber modifier produ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,001 Views
22 Pages

Influence of Compaction Energy on the Mechanical Performance of Hot Mix Asphalt with a Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) and Rejuvenating Additive

  • Pedro Limón-Covarrubias,
  • Leonardo Ambrosio Ochoa-Ambriz,
  • David Avalos-Cueva,
  • José Roberto Galaviz-González,
  • María de la Luz Pérez-Rea and
  • Manuel Alberto Gallardo-Sánchez

The Mexican asphalt paving industry is increasingly interested in using reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) to produce hot mix asphalt (HMA) due to its economic and environmental advantages. However, an ill-defined methodology for integrating RAP into t...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,581 Views
14 Pages

2 February 2022

Scrap tire rubber and nylon fiber are waste materials that could potentially be recycled and used to improve the mechanical properties of asphalt pavement. The objective of this research was to investigate the properties of scrap tire rubber and nylo...