Advances in Performance-Based Asphalt and Asphalt Mixtures
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 5466
Special Issue Editors
Interests: asphalt paving materials; performance-based properties; pavement design; pavement asset management; pavement testing and evaluation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Asphalt and asphalt mixtures are the dominant materials in modern pavements. Asphalt is fundamental to improving and renovating the transportation infrastructure, which is extensively employed in highways, streets, and airports. Asphalt pavements are subject to a combined impact generated by complex environmental factors and traffic loading. Advances in both research and industry have provided many novel materials, testing methods, and construction technologies related to asphalt and asphalt mixtures. Some representative examples include modified asphalt, warm-mix asphalt, recycled asphalt pavement, a balanced mix design, and so on. It is of paramount importance to better understand and enhance the properties of asphalt and asphalt mixtures in order to extend the surface life of pavements. A series of challenges remain to be addressed in asphalt material design, testing, construction, and field performance. Therefore, this Special Issue welcomes the submission of experimental, modeling, and in situ studies related to asphalt and asphalt mixtures. The articles presented in this Special Issue shall clearly identify their novelty and contribution to the field.
Dr. Runhua Guo
Dr. Yun Hou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- asphalt binder
- hot-mix asphalt
- warm-mix asphalt
- cold-mix asphalt
- recycled asphalt pavement
- performance-based properties
- asphalt mix design
- asphalt paving construction
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