Sustainable Pavement Materials: Design, Application and Performance Evaluation
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction and Building Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 82
Special Issue Editor
Interests: multi-scale modelling for transportation infrastructure; pavement–environment interaction
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Dear Colleagues,
The development of sustainable pavement materials in road engineering is crucial due to their abundant advantages over other conventional materials. Sustainable pavement materials could significantly enhance the durability and abrasion resistance, transportation cost, energy consumption, resource utilization, maintenance strategy, and environmental impact of pavement.
In recent years, there has been a surge in research focusing on the development and assessment of sustainable pavement materials. However, a wide range of challenges remain; these include their structural form, design methodology, performance prediction, technology development , etc., which require further investigation and resolution.
The objective of this Special Issue is to gather research articles related to “Sustainable Pavement Materials: Design, Application and Performance Evaluation”. Original research articles and review articles that provide a forum for researchers to discuss progress and future perspectives regarding sustainable pavement materials are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, recycled pavement materials, modified asphalt materials, the utilization of innovative recycled materials in pavement construction, industrial waste for pavement construction, the life cycle assessment of sustainable pavement, the multi-scale modeling and performance evaluation of road materials, the environmental impacts of pavement materials, and eco-friendly pavement construction. Moreover, experimental and numerical analyses of case studies aligned with the topic of sustainable pavement materials are also welcome.
Dr. Jiaqi Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainable pavement materials
- recycled pavement materials
- modified asphalt materials
- industrial waste for pavement construction
- multi-scale modeling of pavement materials
- performance evaluation of pavement materials
- eco-friendly pavement
- environmental impacts of pavement materials
- industrial waste for pavement construction
- life cycle assessment of pavements
