Advances in Asphalt Pavement Technologies and Practices

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; Technology: general issues; additives; AFM; aged asphalt; artificial neural networks; asphalt concrete; asphalt mixture; asphalt pavement; asphalt pavements; base layers; Bayesian optimization; bearing capacity; bitumen; bituminous mixtures; characteristic parameter; cigarette filters; coarse-grained; cold recycling; compaction quality control; comprehensive evaluation; construction control; correlation; crumb rubber asphalt (CR); cyclic triaxial test (CTT); degree of compaction; digital image correlation (DIC); DSR; dynamic creep; emulsified asphalt; evaluation method; extended finite element method; factor importance; falling weight deflectometer (FWD); fibers; flexible pavement; foamed asphalt; force field; FTIR; full-scale pavement structure; Google Earth; Grouted Semi-flexible Pavement; high and low temperature performance; high-modulus asphalt mixture; hot mix asphalt; hot-mix recycled asphalt mixture; hybrid self-healing system; indirect tensile strength; induction heating; influential factor; infrared spectroscopy; interface cracking; International Roughness Index; J-integral; laboratory test; local correction coefficient; long-term observation data; low temperature performance; machine learning; management system; master curve; model accuracy evaluation; moisture; moisture damage; moisture sensitivity; molecular dynamics; morphological properties; multiple aging and rejuvenation cycles; n/a; neural network; non-destructive testing; numerical analysis; orthogonal experimental design; orthogonal test; pavement; pavement condition evaluation; pavement design; pavement maintenance; performance; porosity; porous asphalt mixture; prediction; random forest; reclaimed asphalt pavement; recycled cigarette butts; reflection crack; relaxation characteristics; resilient modulus; RSM; rutting performance prediction model; rutting prediction; Saudi Arabia; SBS modified asphalt; self-healing; SMA; smartphone sensors; steel slag aggregate; stiffness modulus; stress intensity factors; subbase layers; toposable set theory; Trinidad lake asphalt; unbound granular material (UGM); vibration; warm mix asphalt; water sensitivity; wheel tracking rutting resistance
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 Unlike other construction materials, road materials have developed minimally over the past 100 years. However, since the 1970s, the focus has been on more sustainable road construction materials such as recycled asphalt pavements. Recycling asphalt involves removing old asphalt and mixing it with new (fresh) aggregates, binders, and/or rejuvenators. Similarly, there are various efforts to use alternative modifiers and technical solutions such as crumb rubber, plastics, or various types of fibres. For the past two decades, researchers have been developing novel materials and technologies, such as self-healing materials, in order to improve road design, construction, and maintenance efficiency and reduce the financial and environmental burden of road construction. This Special Issue on "Advances in Asphalt Pavement Technologies and Practices" curates advanced/novel work on asphalt pavement design, construction, and maintenance. The Special Issue comprises 19 papers describing unique works that address the current challenges that the asphalt industry and road owners face.