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Chapter and Conference Paper
Cracked Asphalt Pavement Behaviour Under Thermal and Load Cycles – Laboratory Investigation Using Accelerated Loading System
Although the mechanism of thermal cracking and the factors affecting the occurrence of this type of cracks are already well documented, the influence of this phenomenon on the structural capacity and the freez...
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Article
Impacts of permafrost degradation on infrastructure
The warming and thawing of ice-rich permafrost pose considerable threat to the integrity of polar and high-altitude infrastructure, in turn jeopardizing sustainable development. In this Review, we explore the ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Laboratory Investigation of Cracked Asphalt Pavement Structure Using Accelerated Loading System
During winter season, cold temperatures will promote the development of tension stresses in the hot-mix asphalt (HMA) layers which can, in turn, lead to the occurrence of low-temperature cracking. Although the...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effect of the Incremental Loading Conditions in the Permanent Deformation in Heavy Vehicle Simulator Tests
Load magnitude is a variable that needs to be adequately defined to simulate real pavement conditions in accelerated pavement tests (APT) sections. The performance of pavement structures under different loadin...
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Article
Estimation of resilient modulus of unbound granular materials used as pavement base: combined effect of grain-size distribution and aggregate source frictional properties
The resilient modulus of granular materials used in base layers is influenced by numerous factors, such as grain-size distribution and aggregate source properties. Resilient modulus tests were performed on thr...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Experimental Evidence of the Viscoelastic Behavior of Interfaces in Bituminous Pavements—An Explanation to Top-Down Cracking?
Top-down cracking is known to be initiated near the surface of the asphalt layers. The aim of this paper is twofold: (i) to show experimental evidence of the viscoelastic behavior of interface in asphalt pavem...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Three Dimensional Strain Occurring Near the Surface in Asphalt Concrete Layers
Several pavement failures have been observed to be initiated at or near the surface of the hot-mix asphalt layers and some of them propagate downward through the surface layer (top-down cracking). These modes ...
