New Trends in Long-Life Road Infrastructures: Materials and Structures, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2025 | Viewed by 8
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Interests: Road engineering; construction and demolition waste; coarse/fine aggregate; polymer concrete; unbonded granular material; dynamic response; discrete element method
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Interests: subgrade engineering; resilient modulus; permanent deformation; soil–water characteristic curve; numerical simulation calculation
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Interests: materials and structure for pavement; asphalt pavement; coarse and fine aggregate; alternative materials for road engineering; construction and demolition waste; functional pavement materials
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Interests: nondestructive testing technology; structural health monitoring; bridge and infrastructure engineering; road materials and pavement design
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to the increasing requirements related to urbanization and environment, concerns regarding low-carbon and long-life solutions for road infrastructures have been growing in recent years. Long-life road infrastructures depend on the innovation of materials and structures, simultaneously considering novel numerical and intelligent technologies. Many impressive approaches have been proposed to enhance the performance and serviceability of road materials and structures, including the use of digital twin models and the material genome method in multiscale characterization.
Researchers worldwide are making great efforts to provide low-cost, eco-friendly, sustainable and durable road materials. Meanwhile, the application of advanced materials in road infrastructures requires successful design practices to construct long-life road structures. Therefore, the investigation of material characterization and structural behavior becomes an important issue to realize the optimized design and performance improvement of low-carbon, long-life road infrastructures.
This Special Issue aims to bring together papers addressing the latest challenges and developments in the field, contributing to the reinforcement of knowledge and practices in long-life road infrastructures. We invite researchers worldwide to contribute original research and review articles contributing to the area of materials and structures in long-life road infrastructures. Suggested topics related to this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:
- Innovative sustainable road materials;
- Testing and evaluation of mechanical behavior;
- Multiscale characterization and simulation;
- Long-life design for subgrade and pavement;
- Environmental effect of road construction;
- Safety and serviceability of road infrastructures.
Dr. Jue Li
Dr. Junhui Peng
Dr. Junfeng Gao
Dr. Wensheng Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- road infrastructures
- long-life pavement
- road materials
- subgrade
- multiscale characterization
- laboratory test
- numerical simulation
- field construction
- design method
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