Pavement/road infrastructure enables people and vehicles to travel from one place to another. This has become the main source of economic development and well-being of developing nations. However, there are serious problems to maintain road networks and sustain them for their designed long-term performance. Various solutions are available in order to overcome this problem and to prolong the pavement service life. Hence, this Research Topic focuses on research trends and advanced materials for pavements such as asphalt, concrete and composites; related to Nano materials in asphalt/binder/mixture, pavement compaction technologies, use of recycled waste materials in pavement materials, rheological properties, pavement design and analysis for climate change. Other topics to be discussed in this Research Topic include the chemistry of bitumen/asphalt/binder materials, fundamental material characterization, and microstructure such as scanning electron microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, etc.
This Research Topic aims to provide a unique platform to exchange ideas on topics related to the trends in pavement materials, design, construction, and other aspects of pavement materials and technology. The latest technology use in asphalt pavement and materials and related research on these issues will be of great value to both researchers and industry.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
• Nano materials in pavement materials
• Pavement compaction technologies
• Recycled waste materials in pavement materials
• Rheological properties of pavement materials
• Pavement design and analysis
• Chemistry of bitumen/asphalt/binder
• Pavement material characterization
• Microstructure properties
Pavement/road infrastructure enables people and vehicles to travel from one place to another. This has become the main source of economic development and well-being of developing nations. However, there are serious problems to maintain road networks and sustain them for their designed long-term performance. Various solutions are available in order to overcome this problem and to prolong the pavement service life. Hence, this Research Topic focuses on research trends and advanced materials for pavements such as asphalt, concrete and composites; related to Nano materials in asphalt/binder/mixture, pavement compaction technologies, use of recycled waste materials in pavement materials, rheological properties, pavement design and analysis for climate change. Other topics to be discussed in this Research Topic include the chemistry of bitumen/asphalt/binder materials, fundamental material characterization, and microstructure such as scanning electron microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, etc.
This Research Topic aims to provide a unique platform to exchange ideas on topics related to the trends in pavement materials, design, construction, and other aspects of pavement materials and technology. The latest technology use in asphalt pavement and materials and related research on these issues will be of great value to both researchers and industry.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
• Nano materials in pavement materials
• Pavement compaction technologies
• Recycled waste materials in pavement materials
• Rheological properties of pavement materials
• Pavement design and analysis
• Chemistry of bitumen/asphalt/binder
• Pavement material characterization
• Microstructure properties