this paper aims to assess the application of support vector machine (svm) regression in order to analysis flexible pavements. to this end, 10000 four-layer flexible pavement sections consisted of asphalt concrete layer, granular base layer, granular subbase layer, and subgrade soil were analyzed under the effect of standard axle loading using multi-layered elastic theory and pavement critical r...

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has a partnership relationship with the asphalt paving and roofing industries and their associated unions. Our partners saw in the EHP Focus article “Paving Paradise: The Peril of Impervious Surfaces” (Frazer 2005) the statement on page A459: “Asphalt is one concern, as it contains coal tar pitch, a recognized human carcinogen .....

With the rapid global expansion of road networks, asphalt industry faces several environmental challenges, such as material shortages, concerns, escalating costs, demand for eco-friendly materials, and implementation “Net Zero” policies. Given these challenges recognizing need to explore new solutions, this research evaluated binder samples incorporating Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) Reclaimed Pavemen...

US transportation agencies have been increasingly using recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) in hot mix asphalt (HMA) applications over the last 25 years. Initial use of RAS started with recycled postmanufacturers shingles, but now agencies are showing a growing interest in using post-consumer (tear-off) RAS in asphalt applications. Post-consumer asphalt shingles typically have 20 to 30 percent asph...

US transportation agencies have been increasingly using recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) in hot mix asphalt (HMA) applications over the last 25 years. Initial use of RAS started with recycled postmanufacturers shingles, but now agencies are showing a growing interest in using post-consumer (tear-off) RAS in asphalt applications. Post-consumer asphalt shingles typically have 20 to 30 percent asph...

—Continued on Pg. 2 The new Preservation Group (PG) experiment will provide answers for cash-strapped state and local agencies that need cost-effective ways to maintain existing asphalt roadways. Budgets are tight, but agencies still have the same task: keeping aging pavements in good condition for the driving public. When applied at the right time, pavement preservation treatments, such as chi...

Cracking is a major distress in asphalt pavement which can lead to premature pavement failures and can cost agencies millions of dollars in maintenance and rehabilitation costs. Even with modern advances in pavement engineering, attempts to quantify and model cracking in asphalt pavements have proved extremely challenging; this is due to the visco-elastic behavior of asphalt concrete and the co...

Cracking is a major distress in asphalt pavement which can lead to premature pavement failures and can cost agencies millions of dollars in maintenance and rehabilitation costs. Even with modern advances in pavement engineering, attempts to quantify and model cracking in asphalt pavements have proved extremely challenging; this is due to the visco-elastic behavior of asphalt concrete and the co...

The intermediate-temperature performance of extracted asphalt binders (EABs) is altered when recycled shingles (RAS) and/or reclaimed pavement (RAP) are included in mixes. This happened as a result the RAP’s aged binder and RAS’s oxidized air-blown asphalt. Thus, rheological properties EABs from field cores were examined at intermediate temperatures. fatigue life Superpave cracking parameter am...

Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA), manufactured at a lower temperature than the traditional Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA), allows for important economic and environmental benefits when considered for application in roads. Nonetheless, despite the benefits, its application in pavement for roads is not as widespread as desired from an environmental point of view; more in-depth studies to investigate its development...