Asphalt pavements are damaged by traffic load repetitions. Conventionally, the allowed number of load repetitions until pavement failure is calculated based on empirical transfer functions from deterministic pavement mechanical responses to performan...
Pavement performance models (PPMs) are utilized to predict pavement network conditions which is an essential part of any sustainable pavement management system (PMS). The reliability of a PMS and its outputs is proportional to the reliability of the...
To reduce the temperature of asphalt pavement in summer, and alleviate the urban heat island effect, a comprehensive method of combining a heat reflective coating and large void asphalt pavement was proposed. Using the developed coating cooling test...
Existing Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) models assign traffic flow with the principle of travel time, which are easy to distribute most of the traffic flows on the shortest path. A serious unbalance of traffic flow in the network can speed up pavem...
The pavement experiences deterioration due to traffic and environment, i.e., unsatisfactory riding quality and structural inadequacy, over time. Thus, predicting pavement performance over time is one of the key elements of any pavement maintenance ma...
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) will change how road engineers design road pavements because they can position themselves within a traffic lane, keeping their position in the lane more precisely than human-driven vehicles. These vehicles will...
Accurate modeling of pavement performance is vital to maintaining safe, reliable, and sustainable transportation infrastructure. This review synthesizes current approaches to pavement deterioration modeling, with emphasis on key influencing factors,...
The construction of concrete pavements has increased due to their better durability, lifespan, and lower maintenance costs. However, this has resulted in the increased consumption of Portland cement, which is one of the major contributors to carbon e...
Permeable pavement is often known as “cool road”. However, the cooling performance will be weakened due to clogging. In this paper, the temperature field distribution model of asphalt pavement was obtained by Green’s function. Gradations of porous as...
There is still a lack of suitable methods for evaluating pavement functional performance according to the characteristics of real-world environment and traffic. This study developed an acceleration test method based on the Driving Wheel Pavement Anal...
Sustainability and the quest for a more robust construction material cannot be divorced from each other. While Portland cement has revolutionized the construction sector, its environmental toll, particularly in greenhouse gas emissions and global war...
With the day–night temperature and moisture levels changing every day, expansion and shrinkage of concrete slabs is always occurring; therefore, joints provide extra room for concrete slab deformation. The joint spacing in jointed plain concret...
A modified strain-hardening cementitious composite (SHCC) material, fabricated using corundum aggregates (SHCC-Cor), has been proposed for roadway applications as it offers high structural performance and high skid resistance. However, the acoustic p...
Diamond grinding is a key concrete pavement restoration technique for concrete pavements. Traffic degrades the serviceability of the concrete pavements, resulting in unsatisfactory skid levels and noise concerns. Diamond grinding is known to enhance...
To assess the medium-term performance of porous asphalt pavement during service and its influence on tire/pavement noise level, a seven-year continuous observation and data analysis study was conducted. Key performance indicators were measured and ca...
Assessing highway pavement condition is crucial for ensuring transportation safety and optimizing infrastructure maintenance. In Xinjiang, China, extreme climatic and traffic conditions pose significant challenges to pavement performance. This study...
Based on the requirements for asphalt pavement crack repair materials, five representative materials were selected for testing: type-A crack sealant, type-B crack sealant, 70# hot asphalt, SBS-modified asphalt, and ambient-temperature water-based cra...
Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the applications of recycled mixtures with a high reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) content. However, many government departments are hesitant about the applications of that due to being worried about...
The deep learning method has been widely used in the engineering field. The availability of the training dataset is one of the most important limitations of the deep learning method. Accurate prediction of pavement performance plays a vital role in r...
This study systematically investigated the formulation optimization, performance evaluation, and practical application of epoxy-based composite materials for colored asphalt pavement. By conducting comprehensive experiments, we optimized the composit...
In order to improve the basic pavement performance of high-elastic asphalt concrete filled in the expansion longitudinal joints of seamless bridges, rubber particles and polyester fibers were added to optimize the mix proportion of elastic asphalt co...
This study evaluates the laboratory and field performance of stone mastic asphalt (SMA) mixtures with nominal maximum aggregate sizes (NMAS) of 9.5, 8.0, and 5.6 mm. Aggregates and fine aggregates of these sizes were produced using an impact crusher...
The pavement skid resistance performance index is one of the most important indexes to ensure driving safety. Based on the test data of RIOHTrack full-scale track, this paper analyzes the decay law of pavement skid resistance performance, including t...
This paper proposes a cumulative distribution modelling method for pavement performance indexes based on the sampling theorem and implements clustering analysis of similar road sections through the K-means algorithm. The results show that: (1) The mo...
The evaluation of in-service pavements’ performance is a complex system that encompasses a variety of uncertain factors. These uncertainties include random, fuzzy, gray, and unascertained information, and their interrelationships are intricate,...
Pavement vibration monitoring under vehicle loads can be used to acquire traffic information and assess the health of pavement structures, which contributes to smart road construction. However, the effectiveness of monitoring is closely related to se...
Natural stone-paved roads have been generally used to preserve historical regions due to its architectural aesthetic aspect and environmental impact. However, there are limitations of travelling speed and traffic volume owing to the defects caused by...
This research investigates the possibility of using high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic waste to improve the properties of asphalt concrete pavement. HDPE plastic waste contents of 1, 3, 5, and 7% by aggregate weight were used. HDPE plastic wast...
Due to urbanization, large portions of vegetated territory have been replaced by waterproof surfaces. The consequences are greater outflows, lower infiltration, and lower evapotranspiration. Pavement systems made with permeable surfaces allow the inf...
Mathematical expression of the deterioration of individual pavement parameters is, from the point of optimal repair and maintenance strategy decision-making process, an important part of the application of any pavement management system (PMS). The re...
Pavement performance is the ability of pavement to remain in an acceptable condition to serve the intended users over a period of time. There are several principal, combined factors that affect flexible pavement performance such as environmental cond...
Road transportation has always been inherent in developing societies, impacting between 10–20% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It is responsible for personal mobility (access to services, goods, and leisure), and that is why world economies rely upo...
Usually, C30/37 strength class concrete is used to construct concrete pavements on a rigid, semi-rigid or flexible base. Concrete with such a strength delivers essential design characteristics: flexural strength and tensile splitting strength are bet...
Asphalt pavement cracking is an important factor affecting its service life. Under certain conditions, the self-healing behavior of asphalt itself can repair pavement cracks. However, the self-healing ability of asphalt itself is limited. In order to...
The Taipei University of Technology, under contract from the Taipei City Government, completed a study on porous asphalt (PA) and permeable interlocking concrete brick (PICB) pavement performance with respect to stormwater runoff reduction and surfac...
Under high temperature and heavy load conditions, asphalt pavements are prone to rutting and other distress, which severely affect the service life of the road. High modulus asphalt concrete has significant advantages in addressing rutting issues in...
This article addresses the limited understanding of the landscape regarding Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in Brazilian pavement infrastructure. It provides an overview of LCA’s application in assessing the environmental effects of pavements while...
Asphalt pavement, which is mainly made up of the asphalt mixture, exhibits complicated mechanical behaviors under the combined effects of moving vehicle loads and external service environments. Multi-scale numerical simulation can well characterize b...
Semi-flexible pavement material (SFPM) combines the advantages and avoids the disadvantages of asphalt concrete flexible pavement and cement concrete rigid pavement. However, due to the problem of interfacial strength of composite materials, SFPM is...
Suitable evaluation of distress is beneficial to understanding the in situ performance of deck pavement. This study attempts to evaluate the long-term in situ performance of American ChemCo epoxy asphalt concrete on the Xihoumen Bridge (XHMB) after 1...
In order to clarify the road performance and load response behavior of polyurethane mixtures, a low-temperature bending test, dynamic modulus test, rutting test, Hamburg rutting test, and four-point bending fatigue test were conducted on multi-crushe...
To address the deficiencies of traditional emulsified asphalt-pavement maintenance material in cohesive strength, high-temperature rutting resistance, as well as adhesion to aggregates, this study developed waterborne epoxy resin-modified emulsified...
Predicting pavement performance is essential for highway planning and construction, considering traffic, climate, material quality, and maintenance. This study’s main objective is to evaluate Baosteel’s Slag Short Flow (BSSF) steel slag a...
Microwave heating is a method with a uniform heating effect and environmental friendliness in in-place hot recycling, but the microwave absorption capacity of traditional asphalt mixtures is still insufficient. As an excellent microwave-absorbing mat...
The paper proposes a pavement safety index, the estimated available friction at the expected travel speed, FRS(v), to model the composed effect of low-slip speed friction and macrotexture on roadway crashes. This index seems to capture the relative c...
Road networks play a significant role in each country’s economy, especially in countries such as Afghanistan, which is strategically located in the international transit path from Europe to East Asia. In such a country, pavement performance mod...
Warm-mixed reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) technology has been widely studied worldwide as a recycled environmental method to reuse waste materials. However, the aggregate skeleton structure of the warm-mixed reclaimed asphalt mixture is not stable...
Grouted Semi-flexible Pavement (GSP) is a novel pavement composed of open-graded asphalt concrete grouted with high-fluidity cement mortar. Due to its excellent load-bearing and anti-rutting performance, it has great potential as anti-rutting overlay...
Permeable asphalt pavement refers to an asphalt mixture layer with an air void content of more than 18% and internal water permeability and drainage capabilities that can quickly drain away water on the road surface, improve rainy day travel safety,...
To address the severe damage caused by voids beneath cement concrete pavement slabs, which compromise pavement performance and lifespan, there is an urgent need to develop an economical and efficient grouting material for slab void repair. This study...
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