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Evaluation of Asphalt Pavement Internal Distresses Using Three-Dimensional Ground-Penetrating Radar

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The coupling effect of traffic loads and environmental factors causes damage to the different structural layers within the asphalt pavement, such as transverse cracks, longitudinal cracks, and loose materials. These internal distresses will gradually extend to the road surface, thereby accelerating the deterioration of the asphalt pavement structural performance. Three-dimensional ground penetrating radar (3D-GPR) has 21 pairs of antenna channels, capable of detecting the structural condition of asphalt pavement nondestructively, quickly, and efficiently. The multi-dimensional radar images (longitudinal, horizontal, and cross sections) allow to visualize the internal distresses of the pavement structure. In this paper, 3D-GPR was used to investigate asphalt pavement internal distresses in Guangzhou South China Expressway. The distresses at the asphalt course–base interface, base–subbase interface, and subbase–subgrade interface were evaluated and statistically analyzed. Three-dimensional distress ratio (DR3d) and pavement internal condition index (PICI3d) were proposed to assess the internal distress condition of asphalt pavement. The results reveal that DR3d can better reflect the distress condition of the whole pavement structure when compared with the traditional two-dimensional distress ratio (DR2d).

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This study was mainly funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China Joint Fund for Regional Innovation and Development [grant numbers U20A20315], Heilongjiang Natural Science Foundation Research Team Project [grant numbers TD2022E001], Open Research Fund Program of Civil Airport Safety and Operation Engineering Technology Research Center [grant number KFKT2023-04], and Open Fund of the Key Laboratory of Transport Industry of Road Structure and Materials. The authors would like to acknowledge the support from South China University of Technology and **aoning Institute of Roadway Engineering.

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  1. School of Transportation, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Foshan University, Foshan, 528225, China

    Xuetang **ong

  2. School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China

    Xuetang **ong, Yiqiu Tan & **yuan Hu

  3. State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China

    Yiqiu Tan

  4. Foshan Road and Bridge Supervision Station Corporation Limited, Foshan, 528042, China

    **aojie Hong

  5. **aoning Institute of Roadway Engineering, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Jiaming Tang

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**ong, X., Tan, Y., Hu, J. et al. Evaluation of Asphalt Pavement Internal Distresses Using Three-Dimensional Ground-Penetrating Radar. Int. J. Pavement Res. Technol. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42947-023-00402-y

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