Advanced Road Materials and Pavement Engineering: Design, Structure, Performance and Characterization
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction and Building Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2025 | Viewed by 120
Special Issue Editors
Interests: civil engineering materials (asphalt, concrete, etc.); railroad and highway infrastructure
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the rapid emergence and development of innovative materials and techniques have significantly influenced road engineering fields. Leveraging these state-of-the-art technologies is crucial in improving material performance, extending pavement service life, and addressing environmental, sustainability, and economic issues. In this Special Issue, we aim to introduce high-quality studies related to advanced functional materials and sustainable low-carbon materials in asphalt, concrete, or composite pavement. Research areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Sustainable/recycled materials in asphalt (such as bio-binders, bio-oils, recycled polymers, crumb rubber, waxes, or rejuvenating agents), cement (such as silica fume, fly ash, or ground granulated blast furnace slag), and aggregates (including reclaimed asphalt pavement, artificial aggregates, steel slags, construction and demolition waste, and plastic waste);
- Innovative functional paving materials (including self-healing, de-icing, energy harvesting, or shape-memory materials);
- Advanced functional additives for asphalt or asphalt mixture (such as cellulose, polyester, aramid fibers, nano-silica, carbon nanotubes, styrene–butadiene rubber, anti-stripping agents, self-healing agents, or warm mix additives);
- Advanced functional additives for cement concrete (such as superplasticizers, shrinkage-reducing admixtures, corrosion inhibitors, or hydrophobic agents);
- Pavement and mixture design, mechanical properties, and performance prediction for advanced or sustainable pavement materials;
- Pavement evaluation, maintenance, and rehabilitation strategies (such as non-destructive tests, in situ instrumentations, or distress detection).
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Shihui Shen
Guest Editor
Dr. Cheng Zhang
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- road material
- pavement structure
- binder
- asphalt mixture
- cement concrete
- pavement design
- pavement performance
- construction
- pavement maintenance
- rehabilitation
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