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Eng. Proc., 2022, IOCI 2022

The 1st International Online Conference on Infrastructures

Online | 7–9 June 2022

Volume Editors:
Joaquín Martínez-Sánchez, Escuela de Ingeniería de Minas y Energía, Spain
Patricia Kara De Maeijer, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Davide Lo Presti, University of Palermo, Italy
Hosin “David” Lee, University of Iowa, USA
Ana Sánchez Rodríguez, Universidade de Vigo, Spain
Francesco Liberati, University of Rome, Italy
Mario Soilán, University of Salamanca, Spain

Number of Papers: 37

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Cover Story (view full-size image): The 1st International Online Conference on Infrastructures was sponsored by MDPI and the scientific journal Infrastructures and was held from 7 to 9 June 2022. The conference was set up with four [...] Read more.
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Assessment of Pavement Structural Conditions Using a Ground-Penetrating Radar
by S. Sonny Kim
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017001 - 10 May 2022
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Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technology has been widely applied in ground subsurface investigations [...] Full article
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Filler Effect on Moisture Resistance of Cold Recycling Materials
by Ahmed Al-Mohammedawi and Konrad Mollenhauer
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017002 - 02 May 2022
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Cold recycling materials (CRM) with bitumen emulsion are getting increasingly important, aiming at highly efficient road infrastructure and tackling energy consumption, as well as its further consequences on climate change [...] Full article
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A Digital Twin for Monitoring the Construction of a Wind Farm
by Alejandra Ospina-Bohórquez, Jorge López-Rebollo, Pedro Muñoz-Sánchez and Diego González-Aguilera
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017003 - 02 May 2022
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Digital twins (DTs) represent an emerging technology that can allow interaction between physical assets and their virtual replicas [...] Full article
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Development of Geopolymer Binders with Mixed Construction and Demolition Waste-Based Materials
by Gurkan Yildirim, Ashraf Ashour, Emircan Ozcelikci, Muhammed Faruk Gunal and Behlul Furkan Ozel
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017004 - 02 May 2022
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As a consequence of the ever-increasing urban population and continuous development of industrialization and economies of the countries around the world, the construction and demolition industry has gained eye-catching popularity, although it is also considered one of the largest producers of solid wastes [...] Read more.
As a consequence of the ever-increasing urban population and continuous development of industrialization and economies of the countries around the world, the construction and demolition industry has gained eye-catching popularity, although it is also considered one of the largest producers of solid wastes globally. In an effort to counteract the negative effects of the growing construction and demolition waste (CDW) issue, the current study focuses on the utilization of mixed CDW-based materials such as hollow brick (HB), red clay brick (RCB), roof tile (RT), glass (G) and concrete (C) in the production of geopolymer binders. These materials were acquired from demolished residential buildings in an urban transformation area and then subjected to an identical two-step crushing–milling procedure to reach sufficient fineness for geopolymerization. In the first stage of the study, these materials were used singly in the production of geopolymer binders to analyse the effects of material characteristics (e.g., fineness, chemical composition and crystalline nature) on the geopolymerization performance. Thereafter, these materials were used altogether in a quinary mixture to produce geopolymer binders with the purpose of better simulating the real-life conditions where CDWs are obtained altogether and are time-/energy-consuming to separate. In order to characterize the performance of different CDW-based materials, several mixture designs were made using sodium hydroxide (NaOH) as the alkali activator. After applying thermal curing to the geopolymer pastes, compressive strength tests were performed in addition to microstructural analyses. The results showed that compressive strength values of up to 55 MPa could successfully be achieved depending on the mixture proportions. While RT was found to be the most effective material in terms of the mechanical performance of CDW-based geopolymer binders, G and C exhibited poor performances due to relatively coarse particle size distribution and an inadequate chemical composition of SiO2 and Al2O3, which is a necessity for effective geopolymerization. In-depth microstructural analyses identified that geopolymer pastes with higher compressive strengths had denser and more homogeneous microstructures. The main reaction products of the geopolymer binders were mostly sodium aluminosilicate hydrate (N-A-S-H) gels with zeolite-like structures, as well as some calcium aluminosilicate hydrate (C-A-S-H) gels that arose from the use of C with a high CaO content. Our results prove that CDW-based materials can successfully be used in the production of geopolymers, and can be regarded as promising alternatives to traditional systems based on Portland cement. Full article
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2 pages, 189 KiB  
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Transform Physical Assets to 3D Digital Models
by Linh Truong-Hong
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 5; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017005 - 06 May 2022
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It is clearly a huge benefit for infrastructure monitoring, inspection, and management when a digital twin (DT) is developed to represent a real physical infrastructure [...] Full article
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Autogenous Healing in 10-Years Aged Cementitious Samples Containing Microfibers and Superabsorbent Polymers
by Didier Snoeck
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017006 - 02 May 2022
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Due to the interest in increasing the durability and sustainability of concrete structures and construction techniques, a wide range of novel cementitious materials are being designed and investigated [...] Full article
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2 pages, 184 KiB  
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Graph-Based Version Control of BIM Models in an Event-Driven Collaboration Environment
by Sebastian Esser
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017007 - 05 May 2022
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Interdisciplinary collaboration and communication are two essential aspects of Building Information Modeling (BIM) [...] Full article
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Influence of Precursor Materials on the Mechanical Behavior of Ambient-Cured One-Part Engineered Geopolymer Composites
by Wee Teo, Kazutaka Shirai and Jee Hock Lim
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017008 - 02 May 2022
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Geopolymers are emerging low-carbon cement-free binders that offer a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to ordinary Portland cement (OPC) [...] Full article
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Evaluation of Binder-Aggregate Adhesion in Hot-Recycled Asphalt Mixtures as a Function of the Production Temperature
by Edoardo Bocci, Emiliano Prosperi and Maurizio Bocci
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 9; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017009 - 02 May 2022
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When recycling reclaimed asphalt (RA) in new hot-mix asphalt (HMA), the temperature of the mix components (mainly virgin aggregate, RA, and virgin bitumen) can vary in a wide range [...] Full article
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Banana Fiber-Reinforced Geopolymer-Based Textile-Reinforced Mortar
by Vincent P. Pilien, Lessandro Estelito O. Garciano, Michael Angelo B. Promentilla, Ernesto J. Guades, Julius L. Leaño, Andres Winston C. Oreta and Jason Maximino C. Ongpeng
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 10; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017010 - 02 May 2022
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Textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) is an effective method for confining concrete elements to elevate the axial load resistance and upgrade the overall performance of concrete. TRM is a promising alternative to carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP) which are commonly used to strengthen concrete and are known [...] Read more.
Textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) is an effective method for confining concrete elements to elevate the axial load resistance and upgrade the overall performance of concrete. TRM is a promising alternative to carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP) which are commonly used to strengthen concrete and are known to be expensive since they require a huge amount of energy in processing these materials. Green technologies can be applied in this process, following the same TRM principles of confinement, replacing conventional cement or epoxy-based mortars and synthetic textiles towards sustainable concrete strengthening technology. This is through the utilization of a geopolymer mortar reinforced with short banana fibers (BF) and long BFs as textiles. Geopolymer mortar presented in this paper is composed of fly ash and silica fume as the binder, sand as the filler, sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sodium silicate (Na2SiO3) as the activator and BFs as the reinforcement and textile. Geopolymerization generates significantly less carbon dioxide (CO2) while BFs are known for having attractive mechanical properties, are cost effective and abundant in nature, and thus the use of this fiber will significantly minimize the huge waste produced from banana plantations after a one-time fruit harvest. The geotextile or geogrid used to wrap the concrete cylinder samples is made up of 2 mm-long BF yarns with weights ranging from 150 to 450 grams per square meter that varies with grid sizes from 10 mm, 15 mm to 25 mm for both orthogonal directions considering the lightweight characteristic of BFs. Twelve TRM designs were used to strengthen the concrete cylinders with three samples each. TRM design parameters vary in the thicknesses of the geopolymer mortar covering and the size of the geotextile grids. Eighteen of the geotextiles used were coated with a polymer to protect the fibers while the other eighteen geotextiles remained uncoated. A total of thirty-nine concrete cylinders with 150 mm base diameter and 300 mm height cured within 28 days were prepared, for which 36 cylinders were confined with green TRM with different parameters while three of the plain concrete cylinders served as the control specimens. This is to maximize the investigation on the potential of green TRM in confining concrete and to determine the variations in compressive strengths and mode of failures of confined and unconfined concrete specimens. Results highlighted notable enhancement in the mechanical properties of the modified plain concrete after 28 days of TRM curing using a universal testing machine (UTM). Likewise, a confinement theory of the optimum TRM design was modeled mathematically to evaluate the effects of concrete confinement and overall load carrying capacity enhancement gained from additional strength transferred by the TRM to the concrete element. Full article
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2 pages, 165 KiB  
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UAVs for Disaster Response: Rapid Damage Assessment and Monitoring of Bridge Recovery after a Major Flood
by Marianna Loli, John Manousakis, Stergios A. Mitoulis and Dimitrios Zekkos
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017011 - 02 May 2022
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While the planet is experiencing the roughest ecological disruption in our history, it is of utmost importance to try to mitigate the impact of intensifying natural disasters [...] Full article
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2 pages, 172 KiB  
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Defined-Performance Concretes Using Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies
by Vyacheslav Falikman
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 12; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017012 - 02 May 2022
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The industry of building materials and construction, despite its obviously conservative character, quite often has to face the so-called “industrial revolution of the XXI century” [...] Full article
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2 pages, 172 KiB  
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A Framework for Intelligent Decision Making in Networks of Heterogeneous Systems (UAV and Ground Robots) for Civil Applications
by Muhammad Imran and Francesco Liberati
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017013 - 02 May 2022
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Cyber–physical systems (CPSs) are connected embedded devices with computing power, networking ability, control, and decision capability [...] Full article
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2 pages, 168 KiB  
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Resource Efficiency to Achieve a Circular Economy in the Asphalt Road Construction Sector
by Daniel Grossegger
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 14; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017014 - 02 May 2022
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The construction and maintenance of the built environment consume a large quantity of resources and energy and contribute to the emission of a significant amount of greenhouse gases [...] Full article
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Drone-Image Based Fast Crack Analysis Algorithm Using Machine Learning for Highway Pavements
by Byungkyu Moon and Hosin (David) Lee
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017015 - 11 May 2022
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Transportation agencies automatically collect and analyze pavement cracking data using agency-owned equipment and software or contracted services [...] Full article
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The Monitoring Guidelines of the Lombardia Region in Italy
by Maria Pina Limongelli, Carmelo Gentile, Fabio Biondini, Marco di Prisco, Francesco Ballio and Marco Belloli
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017016 - 16 May 2022
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On 14 August 2018, 43 people died in the collapse of the Polcevera bridge in Italy [...] Full article
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2 pages, 190 KiB  
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Integrated BIM-Based LCA for Road Asphalt Pavements
by Salvatore Antonio Biancardo, Cristina Oreto, Rosa Veropalumbo and Francesca Russo
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 17; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017017 - 16 May 2022
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In recent years, Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools have increased the productivity of infrastructure projects through more efficient information management and by fostering communication between different actors in the process [...] Full article
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2 pages, 407 KiB  
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Pavement Information Modelling (PIM): Best Practice to Build a Digital Repository for Roads Asset Management
by Orazio Baglieri, Anna Viola, Arianna Fonsati and Anna Osello
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017018 - 02 May 2022
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The application of BIM methods and tools plays a key role in transportation infrastructure asset management [...] Full article
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The Use of Tunnel Demolition Rocks to Produce Shotcrete for a Railway Infrastructure
by Christian Paglia, Giuliano Frigeri and Armando Chollet
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017019 - 02 May 2022
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Environmental issues are a main concern for society. The construction field largely affects the consumption of energy and the environment. In this concern, infrastructure, in particular streets, bridges and tunnels, is a necessity for life today. It links people, increasing their meeting capability. [...] Read more.
Environmental issues are a main concern for society. The construction field largely affects the consumption of energy and the environment. In this concern, infrastructure, in particular streets, bridges and tunnels, is a necessity for life today. It links people, increasing their meeting capability. Tunnels have continuously gained relevant importance to shorten the travel distances and to save the landscape surface. In this work, demolished rock materials from the construction of part of a 50 km long tunnel through the alps were characterized and used to produce shotcrete to secure the tunnel walls. Several samples of demolished aggregates were investigated with respect to the granulometric curves. They needed to match with the reference curves in the content and amount of stone aggregates. This was particularly difficult in some cases because of the different mineralogy encountered. The type and form of the aggregates were also evaluated. These latter parameters have an influence on the workability and on the mechanical properties. In particular, the angular and subangular aggregates needed special attention. Then, the material was mixed by adding silica fume. This enabled a more dense microstructure by reducing the porosity at a later stage. The steel fibers were also added to the mixtures in different amounts to produce the shotcrete. The fresh concrete properties were measured directly on site. Furthermore, the hardened state was controlled on site and in the laboratory. The compression strength exhibited variable values, which could be related to the mixing proportion of the ingredients. The punch tests indicated similar fracture behaviors but were very important for the safety of the worker inside the tunnel, in particular where material enrichment was present on the roofing parts. The steel fiber content generally increased the ductility of the specimens. The porosity and the water permeability were controlled, as well as the freeze/thaw resistance. The mixtures were continuously optimized by keeping the water/cement ratio and the superplasticizer dosage under control. All these adaptations allowed for the reuse of a large amount of the tunnel demolition material. The concrete was produced in a special mixing plant on site. This reduced the transportation and increased the environmental sustainability of such a long infrastructure. Full article
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Investigating the Viability of Multi-Recycling of Asphalt Mixtures through a Preliminary Binder Level Characterization
by Gaetano Di Mino, Konstantinos Mantalovas and Vineesh Vijayan
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017020 - 02 May 2022
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The incorporation of reclaimed asphalt (RA) in hot mix asphalt mixtures is widely considered a sustainable solution for road infrastructure development. Under the scope of the circular economy (CE), the multiple recycling capability of RA has to be assessed in order to ensure [...] Read more.
The incorporation of reclaimed asphalt (RA) in hot mix asphalt mixtures is widely considered a sustainable solution for road infrastructure development. Under the scope of the circular economy (CE), the multiple recycling capability of RA has to be assessed in order to ensure its performance at each recycling cycle and also its viability with different additives. The performance of asphalt mixtures with RA strongly depends on the type of rejuvenator, binder, and their degree of blending in the mix. For this reason, it is essential to know the properties of the aged binder extracted from RA to better understand its rheological properties and optimal dosage of rejuvenation to design a satisfactory blend design for the recycled mixture. To analyse the multi-recycling potential of the recycled mixture with high RA content, it is imperative to study its characteristics at every recycling cycle. Therefore, in this study, a preliminary binder-scale study is carried out to better understand the ageing, rejuvenating effects and morphological changes that occur on the bituminous binders at every recycling cycle. The study has been conducted on a RA binder, extracted from RA from a rural road in Italy and the simulation of multiple recycling is conducted through a laboratory ageing protocol on both binder and asphalt mixture scales. The long-term binder level ageing is performed by a pressure ageing vessel (PAV) after the short-term ageing by the rolling thin film oven test (RTFO). The asphalt mixture ageing is performed through a protocol similar to the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) and the aged binder is extracted from the mixture for further investigations. Multiple recycling is simulated by repeating the ageing procedure after rejuvenating both the aged binder and aged mixture up to the amount of recycling needed for the study. The rheological properties of the aged binder obtained from both binder-scale and mixture-scale ageing methods are evaluated using a dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) and bending beam rheometer (BBR). Moreover, the morphological changes that occurred are analysed using SARA (saturates, aromatics, resin and asphaltenes) fractionation and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The results of the study can help towards answering the uncertainties regarding the performance of high RA% in asphalt mixtures and establishing its viability in multi recycling towards the full-scale implementation of this sustainable approach. Full article
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2 pages, 170 KiB  
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Introduction to a New Extrusion-Based Technology for the Regeneration of Existing Tunnels
by Andrea Marcucci, Stefano Guanziroli, Alberto Negrini, Liberato Ferrara and Bernardino Chiaia
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017021 - 02 May 2022
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Additive Manufacturing (AM) is process in which a three-dimensional component is produced by the consecutive addition of material [...] Full article
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2 pages, 191 KiB  
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Lifecycle Assessment of Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavement and Comparison with Conventional Mixes
by Sandhya Makineni, Avishreshth Singh and Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 22; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017022 - 02 May 2022
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In recent years, continuous attempts have been made by the pavement industry to explore the opportunities that assist in bringing down the environmental footprint of roadway infrastructure as well as mitigate the harmful impacts of climate change on the quality-of-life [...] Full article
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1 pages, 200 KiB  
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News Applications of UAVs for Infrastructure Monitoring: Contact Inspection Systems
by L. M. González-deSantos
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 23; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017023 - 06 May 2022
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In recent years, the use of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), as known as drones, has increased exponentially for infrastructure monitoring, usually using remote sensing payloads [...] Full article
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2 pages, 190 KiB  
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High-Temperature, Bond, and Environmental Impact Assessment of Alkali-Activated Concrete (AAC)
by Kruthi Kiran Ramagiri, Patricia Kara De Maeijer and Arkamitra Kar
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017024 - 02 May 2022
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Alkali-activated binder (AAB) has been extensively researched in recent years due to its potential to replace Portland cement (PC) and lower carbon footprint [...] Full article
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2 pages, 207 KiB  
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Increasing the Use of Reclaimed Asphalt in Italy towards a Circular Economy: A Top-Down Approach
by Iain Peter Dunn, Francesco Acuto, Oumaya Yazoghli-Marzouk, Gaetano Di Mino and Konstantinos Mantalovas
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 25; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017025 - 02 May 2022
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This contribution concerns recommendations which could be made to Italian regulatory bodies to improve their use of reclaimed asphalt (RA) in the road engineering sector [...] Full article
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3 pages, 367 KiB  
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Bituminous Interlayers Thermomechanical Behaviour under Small Shear Strain Loading Cycles with 2T3C Apparatus: Hollow Cylinder and Digital Image Correlation
by Thien Nhan Tran, Salvatore Mangiafico, Cédric Sauzéat and Hervé Di Benedetto
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017026 - 02 May 2022
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A road/airport pavement is a multi-layered structure generally composed of several layers of bituminous materials, and cement-bound materials on unbound granular materials [...] Full article
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2 pages, 174 KiB  
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Mechanical Properties and Structural Requirements of Recycled Aggregate Concrete for Pavements
by Onur Ozturk, Hasan Yildirim, Nilufer Ozyurt and Turan Ozturan
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 27; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017027 - 02 May 2022
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In recent years, the recycling of waste materials has attracted considerable attention due to the scarcity of natural resources on earth [...] Full article
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Reclaimed Asphalt and Alkali-Activated Slag Systems: The Effect of Metakaolin
by Juliana O. Costa, Flavio A. dos Santos, Augusto C. S. Bezerra, Paulo H. R. Borges, Johan Blom and Wim Van den bergh
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 28; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017028 - 02 May 2022
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The demolition of old flexible pavements layers generates large quantities of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) [...] Full article
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A Bim Approach for the Design of a 5D Model of Industrial Warehouses in the Marine Environment
by Rassidatou Abbo, Okpwe Mbarga Richard, Lezin Seba Minsili and Mbondo Jean Marc
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 29; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017029 - 02 May 2022
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BIM (building information modelling) is transforming the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry all around the world [...] Full article
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2 pages, 173 KiB  
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Numerical Simulation of Pavement Subbase Layer Modified with Recycled Concrete Aggregates and Tire Derived Aggregates
by Neetu G. Kumar, Avishreshth Singh and Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 30; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017030 - 02 May 2022
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The utilization of waste materials in pavement systems such as recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) and tire derived aggregates (TDA) has become a common practice in the design of surface wearing course layers [...] Full article
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Sustainability of Infrastructure and the Need for a Reassessment
by Lakshmi Thotakura, Ganesh Babu Kodeboyina, Deepti Avirneni and Sankar Kumar Reddy Pullalacheruvu
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 31; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017031 - 02 May 2022
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The increased awareness of the effects of ecological imbalances associated with construction and industry forced several corporate and governmental bodies to look at avenues for sustainability over a broad spectrum in the 21st century. Most of these industrial and other associations, both governmental [...] Read more.
The increased awareness of the effects of ecological imbalances associated with construction and industry forced several corporate and governmental bodies to look at avenues for sustainability over a broad spectrum in the 21st century. Most of these industrial and other associations, both governmental and private, started to look for the path to sustainability in a wide variety of sectors ranging from energy, urban development, corporate, agriculture, food, and even in fashion, to meet the requirements through the three known pillars of sustainability, namely environmental, societal, and economic. Coming to infrastructure, sustainability is a crucial part where the activities of design, construction, conservation of resources for future generations, could produce light-weight resilient structures having high strength and performance which improves the life span of the structure. Sustainability of infrastructure and its intricacies plays an incredible role in the assessment methodologies and the governing principles have to satisfy the requirements of three pillars of sustainability without compromising the strength and performance of the structure. The paper is an effort to present a comprehensive outline for the sustainability of resilient infrastructure, activities related to construction and prefabrication, its importance, and its assessment methodologies available presently. Policies such as minimization of construction materials, energy conservation, and use of construction and demolition waste, apart from industrial waste byproducts which, in turn, reduces the impact on environment and also minimizes the emission of CO2 are advocated. It is felt that innovative, environmentally friendly, and appropriate utilization of materials based on effective research and developmental outcomes are needed. Apart from this the suitability, appropriateness, and limitations of each of the assessment methodologies for ensuring an extended lifespan in particular for the infrastructure are discussed. The aim is leaving the smallest footprint, while suggesting the possible avenues to achieve lasting structural facilities in all forms of infrastructure in future. Full article
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2 pages, 176 KiB  
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Effects of Polypropylene Macro Fibers on the Structural Requirements, Cost and Environmental Impact of Concrete Pavements
by Onur Ozturk and Nilufer Ozyurt
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017032 - 02 May 2022
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With an increasing interest in environmental issues, a variety of studies have been carried out to improve the sustainability of concrete pavements [...] Full article
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Checking IFC with MVD Rules in Infrastructure: A Case Study
by Štefan Jaud and Sergej Muhič
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017033 - 02 May 2022
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Building information modelling (BIM) is getting increasingly used in practice as a method of consistent and continuous usage of digital information in the design, construction, and operation of buildings [...] Full article
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Investigating Tools for Sustainability Assessment of Road Pavements in Europe
by Gabriella Buttitta, Gaspare Giancontieri, Silvia Milazzo, Chiara Mignini, Patricia Hennig Osmari, Usman Ghani and Davide Lo Presti
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 34; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017034 - 02 May 2022
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Sustainability assessment (SA) is a method to support decision making processes through the evaluation of system effectiveness, environmental integrity, economic valuation, and social implications [...] Full article
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Combining Reclaimed Asphalt and Non-Petroleum-Based Binders for the Design of Sustainable Asphalt Mixtures
by Ana Jiménez del Barco Carrión
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 35; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017035 - 02 May 2022
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The use of alternative materials in asphalt pavements has become a critical matter in pavement engineering due to sustainability issues [...] Full article
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Alkali-Activated Materials as Alternative Binders for Structural Concrete: Opportunities and Challenges
by Guang Ye
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 36; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017036 - 09 May 2022
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Alkali-activated materials (AAMs, also called geopolymers) are considered as excellent alternative binders to replace Portland cement in concrete because AAMs have ce-ment clinker free binders made of industrial by-products or treated and cleaned wastes containing minerals via alkali-activation technology [...] Full article
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Improving Pavement Sustainability through Integrated Design, Construction, Asset Management, LCA and LCCA
by John Harvey
Eng. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 37; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022017037 - 12 May 2022
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Improving the sustainability of pavements requires action across all stages of the full life cycle of the pavement:Materials extraction;Materials processing;Materials transportation;Construction;Use;End of Life [...] Full article
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