in this study, an artificial neural network was developed in order to analyze flexible pavement structure anddetermine its critical responses under the influence of standard axle loading. in doing so, more than 10000four-layered flexible pavement sections composed of asphalt concrete layer, base layer, subbase layer, andsubgrade soil were analyzed under the impact of standard axle loading. pave...

an experimental program was conducted to determine the effects of geosynthetic reinforcement on mitigating reflection cracking in asphalt overlays. the objectives of this study were to asses the effects of geosynthetics inclusion and its placement location on the accumulation of permanent deformation. to simulate an asphalt pavement overlaid on top of a crack in a concrete or asphalt pavement, ...

Document summarizes a procedure to establish pay factors for asphalt concrete pavement construction using performance models for fatigue and rutting based on the analysis of accelerated pavement tests from the Caltrans Heavy Vehicle Simulator (HVS) and the WesTrack accelerated pavement performance test program. Results of the performance-based approach are compared with pay factors determined b...

Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) arises from the demolition of road layers. The Optimal Recycling Asphalt Pavements Project concerns cold recycling 100 % RAP without binder addition in base and subbase layers low-traffic roads. In this context, a test program was performed with Rhine region materials to evaluate impact mastic coating untreated RAP. A source reclaimed asphalts 4.4 bitumen is tes...

Pavement condition assessment is essential when developing road network maintenance programs. In practice, the data collection process is to a large extent automated. However, pavement distress detection (cracks, potholes, etc.) is mostly performed manually, which is labor-intensive and time-consuming. Existing methods either rely on complete 3D surface reconstruction, which comes along with hi...

In recent years, Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) has become very popular in pavement construction due to its benefits the economy and environment. The present study investigates feasibility of employing Waste Cooking Oil (WCO) Engine (WEO) as rejuvenators blended with reusable asphalt binder through physical rheological properties at high intermediate temperatures. Examined conventional WCO-an...