Learning models for predicting pavement friction based on non-contact texture measurements: Comparative assessment
Available online 18 April 2025
Ensuring highway safety relies heavily on pavement friction resistance. To enable network-level pavement skid resistance monitoring and management, this study proposes a non-contact three-dimensional...
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Impact of pavement friction decay on speed limits and autonomous vehicles: A theoretical and experimental study
March 2025
Commonly, the standards for the geometric design of roads refer to a given set of values for the friction coefficient (longitudinal and transverse friction). These "reference" values imply corresponding...
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Models and methods for dynamic response of 3D flexible and rigid pavements to moving loads: A review by representative examples
March 2025
This work reviews models and methods for determining the dynamic response of pavements to moving vehicle loads in the framework of continuum-based three dimensional models and linear theories. This...
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Investigation of the effect of particle composition on its distribution homogeneity in aggregate blend using discrete element method
March 2025
The homogeneity of aggregate blend has a significant influence on the performance of asphalt mixture. The composition of aggregate blend, including the size combination and the mass ratio between each...
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A comprehensive state-of-art review on the use of rejuvenators in asphalt pavement
March 2025
The utilization of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in asphalt mixtures has gained momentum in recent years, yet concerns persist regarding the long-term performance and binder properties of high RAP...
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Review on composition properties, functionalization of bio-oil and its rejuvenation behavior and mechanism on aged asphalt
March 2025
The objective of this paper is to comprehensively review the research progress of bio-oil properties and hot rejuvenation behavior and mechanism to aged asphalt. The preparation process, composition...
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Roller-compacted geopolymer concrete mixes with recycled asphalt pavement material
March 2025
The performance of roller compacted concrete (RCC) was greatly influenced by variations in material proportion, optimum moisture content, density of mixes and methodology adopted making it different...
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Nonlinear rheological behavior of asphalt based on large amplitude oscillation shear test under different loading, aging, and modification conditions
March 2025
To reveal the effects of environmental and loading conditions, as well as asphalt properties on the nonlinear rheological behavior of asphalt, the large amplitude oscillation shear (LAOS) test was introduced,...
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Mechanical response analysis of asphalt pavement considering top-down crack based on FDM-DEM coupling simulation
March 2025
The occurrence of top-down (TD) cracking has gradually become a prevalent issue in semi-rigid base asphalt pavements after prolonged service. A coupled simulation model integrating the finite difference...
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Investigation of indoor and field tests on asphalt pavement with inverted asphalt layers based on the vertical vibration compaction method
December 2024
An inverted asphalt pavement is created by reversing the sequence of the lower and middle layers in a conventional asphalt pavement. The lower layer is composed of material with larger particle size...
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A review of road 3D modeling based on light detection and ranging point clouds
December 2024
Increasing development of accurate and efficient road three-dimensional (3D) modeling presents great opportunities to improve the data exchange and integration of building information modeling (BIM)...
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Local calibration of JPCP transverse cracking and IRI models using maximum likelihood estimation
December 2024
The calibration of transfer functions is essential for accurate pavement performance predictions in the Pavement-ME design. Several studies have used the least square approach to calibrate these transfer...
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Recycling of waste E-cigarette butts as engineered pelletized fibres for sustainable stone mastic asphalt
December 2024
The disposal of discarded E-cigarette butts (E-CBs) presents significant environmental challenges due to their detrimental impacts on ecosystems. To find an environmentally sustainable method for managing...
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Effectiveness of heat-reflective asphalt pavements in mitigating urban heat islands: A systematic literature review
December 2024
Urban heat island (UHI) effect is a growing concern in numerous cities worldwide, which increases urban temperatures. Conventional asphalt pavements are a major contributor to the issue, causing environmental...
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Pavement skid resistance properties for safe aircraft operations
December 2024
Airport pavement engineers are required to maintain pavement skid resistance at a satisfactory level to minimize the likelihood of runway excursions. Runway overruns and skidding along rapid exit taxiways...
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Review and prospect of four-point bending fatigue test of asphalt mixture
December 2024
Fatigue cracking is one of the principal failure modes of asphalt pavement. The chief factors affecting the fatigue failure of asphalt pavement are load, environment, pavement structure and the fatigue...
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Review on the properties and mechanisms of asphalt modified with bio-oil and biochar
December 2024
Bio-asphalt has a great application prospect in the replacement of petroleum-based asphalt to pave and maintain asphalt pavement. However, the problems of flow-induced crystallization and phase separation...
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Intelligent pavement condition survey: Overview of current researches and practices
September 2024
Automated pavement condition survey is of critical importance to road network management. There are three primary tasks involved in pavement condition surveys, namely data collection, data processing...
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A review of the development of asphalt foaming technology
September 2024
To comprehensively assess the current state-of-art in asphalt foaming technology, the following four key aspects have been reviewed systematically: foaming principles, test methods, evaluation indicators,...
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Towards green asphalt materials with lower emission of volatile organic compounds: A review on the release characteristics and its emission reduction additives
September 2024
Recently, researchers in the road field are focusing on the development of green asphalt materials with lower emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The characterization methodology of asphalt...
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Condition indices for rigid pavements: A comparative analysis of state DOTs using Michigan PMS data
September 2024
Pavement infrastructure is vital in providing services and links between various sectors of society. Therefore, the preservation and maintenance of these roads are critical to attaining a pavement network...
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Predictive modelling of volumetric and Marshall properties of asphalt mixtures modified with waste tire-derived char: A statistical neural network approach
September 2024
The goals of this study are to assess the viability of waste tire-derived char (WTDC) as a sustainable, low-cost fine aggregate surrogate material for asphalt mixtures and to develop the statistically...
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Bio-based rejuvenators in asphalt pavements: A comprehensive review and analytical study
September 2024
The pressing demand for sustainable advancements in road infrastructure has catalyzed extensive research into environmentally conscious alternatives for the maintenance and restoration of asphalt concrete...
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Research status, hot spots, difficulties and future development direction of microbial geoengineering
June 2024
Microbial geoengineering technology, as a new eco-friendly rock and soil improvement and reinforcement technology, has a wide application prospect. However, this technology still has many deficiencies...
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Development and optimization of object detection technology in pavement engineering: A literature review
June 2024
Due to the rapid advancement of the transportation industry and the continual increase in pavement infrastructure, it is difficult to keep up with the huge road maintenance task by relying only on the...
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