With the continuous improvement of the construction level of transportation infrastructure, the public's demand for road function is increasing and the request for green construction and safe service is becoming more urgent. Currently, a series of innovative technologies are constantly emerging, including new functional materials, functional pavement structures, and interdisciplinary fusion of material testing technologies, which provide strong supports for the design and construction of environment-friendly and functional pavements. Meanwhile, the rapidly advancing numerical simulation and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have seen increasing applications in enhancing material testing in road engineering, which provides a solid foundation for developing the new generation of testing technology for functional pavement. The development of functional pavement and advanced material testing technologies have greatly broadened the research field of pavement engineering.
This Research Topic aims to collect the latest research findings, including the construction of transportation infrastructure, civil engineering materials, and pavement structure and design, from worldwide scholars. This issue also covers the investigation of functional pavement materials, new design methods of intelligent pavement technology, and the application scenarios of advanced technology for testing paving materials. In particular, this collection is to provide a state-of-the-art summary related to functional pavement and advanced material testing technology. The overall objective is to enhance the exchanges of new understanding and knowledge in multi-disciplinary fields, as well as to promote technology innovation in the design of functional pavement and material testing.
The scope of this Research Topic provides a platform for public communication on the following topics:
(1) Functional pavement materials, including but not limited to recycled materials, energy-storing materials, anti-aging asphalt materials, pavement repair materials, capsule technology-based materials, cement-based materials, geopolymer and polyurethane materials, etc.
(2) Low environment impact pavement, including but not limited to the durable pavement, drainage pavement, deicing pavement, anti-rutting pavement, vehicle exhaust-degrading pavement, etc.
(3) Intelligent pavement technology and application, including but not limited to intelligent road information, intelligent pavement materials, intelligent perception and transmission technology, piezoelectric and thermoelectric power generation pavement, photovoltaic solar pavement, self-healing pavement technology, etc.
(4) Mechanics and simulations, including but not limited to multiscale numerical simulation techniques such as finite element, discrete element, and molecular dynamics, etc.
(5) Application of artificial intelligence related to pavement materials, including but not limited to image recognition technology, 3D-point cloud reconstruction technology, and deep learning technology, etc.
With the continuous improvement of the construction level of transportation infrastructure, the public's demand for road function is increasing and the request for green construction and safe service is becoming more urgent. Currently, a series of innovative technologies are constantly emerging, including new functional materials, functional pavement structures, and interdisciplinary fusion of material testing technologies, which provide strong supports for the design and construction of environment-friendly and functional pavements. Meanwhile, the rapidly advancing numerical simulation and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have seen increasing applications in enhancing material testing in road engineering, which provides a solid foundation for developing the new generation of testing technology for functional pavement. The development of functional pavement and advanced material testing technologies have greatly broadened the research field of pavement engineering.
This Research Topic aims to collect the latest research findings, including the construction of transportation infrastructure, civil engineering materials, and pavement structure and design, from worldwide scholars. This issue also covers the investigation of functional pavement materials, new design methods of intelligent pavement technology, and the application scenarios of advanced technology for testing paving materials. In particular, this collection is to provide a state-of-the-art summary related to functional pavement and advanced material testing technology. The overall objective is to enhance the exchanges of new understanding and knowledge in multi-disciplinary fields, as well as to promote technology innovation in the design of functional pavement and material testing.
The scope of this Research Topic provides a platform for public communication on the following topics:
(1) Functional pavement materials, including but not limited to recycled materials, energy-storing materials, anti-aging asphalt materials, pavement repair materials, capsule technology-based materials, cement-based materials, geopolymer and polyurethane materials, etc.
(2) Low environment impact pavement, including but not limited to the durable pavement, drainage pavement, deicing pavement, anti-rutting pavement, vehicle exhaust-degrading pavement, etc.
(3) Intelligent pavement technology and application, including but not limited to intelligent road information, intelligent pavement materials, intelligent perception and transmission technology, piezoelectric and thermoelectric power generation pavement, photovoltaic solar pavement, self-healing pavement technology, etc.
(4) Mechanics and simulations, including but not limited to multiscale numerical simulation techniques such as finite element, discrete element, and molecular dynamics, etc.
(5) Application of artificial intelligence related to pavement materials, including but not limited to image recognition technology, 3D-point cloud reconstruction technology, and deep learning technology, etc.
