Sustainability of Pavement Engineering and Road Materials
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 84
Special Issue Editors
Interests: green pavement materials; intelligent pavement technology; solid waste utilization
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: green road materials; pavement preventive maintenance; asphalt modifying technology
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Interests: pavement structure and materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since entering the 21st century, the emergence of new functional materials and the development of interdisciplinary research have provided strong support for the design and construction of all kinds of green roads. As a vital and integral component of transportation infrastructure, pavement has a direct and tangible impact on socio-economic sustainability. In recent years, an influx of groundbreaking and state-of-the-art materials, structures, and detection technologies related to road engineering have progressively emerged. Scholars around the world have carried out a great deal of in-depth research on pavement engineering and road materials, and a number of important innovative results have been achieved, which is of great significance for promoting road service performance.
This Special Issue addresses the above issues and aims to gather recent research work that advances knowledge about new pavement engineering and road materials. This Special Issue encourages the submission of academic, empirical, and case study research focusing on the topics below.
- Green design and construction;
- Applications of novel materials in pavement construction;
- Polymer bonding materials;
- Fiber-modified road materials;
- Drainage pavement;
- Cracking and healing in pavement;
- Asphalt fume pollution prevention and control;
- Automotive exhaust degradation materials;
- Recycling for waste pavement materials;
- Carbon footprint capture of road materials in the whole life cycle;
- Biomass asphalt materials.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Chaohui Wang
Dr. Qian Chen
Prof. Dr. Ping Li
Prof. Dr. Yuanzhao Chen
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- pavement engineering
- road materials
- sustainability
- functional materials
- environmental protection
- solid waste
- pavement recycling
