English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Global: Zendy Plus annual

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Global: Zendy Tools annual

Global: Zendy Free Plan

Global: Zendy Tools monthly

Global: Zendy Plus monthly

The demand for durability and resilience in asphalt pavements has led to the progressive implementation of performance-enhancing technologies like bitumen modification using polymers or fibers. This is particularly important in a port environment, where roads are subjected to heavy traffic. The main objective of this study is to contribute to the current state of knowledge on the performance of asphalt mixtures, including polymers and fibers, by conducting a comprehensive laboratory investigation of eight field mixtures, followed by an evaluation of their expected performance in five test sections using the AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design software. The eight mixtures included two lean asphalt mixes to be used as a replacement for granular layers, three base mixtures, and three surface mixtures. Laboratory testing showed that the addition of a blend of 91% polypropylene and 9% glass fibers increased stiffness and resistance to moisture damage. Also, this fiber blend improved cracking resistance when used in a relatively flexible mixture. It was found that top-down cracking predictions followed the trend observed in semicircular bending tests. Conversely, the predicted rutting performance did not align with the rut depth trend in the laboratory. Furthermore, the use of SMA instead of a dense-graded surface layer appeared to increase fatigue cracking in pavement sections with granular bases unless a high-modulus base asphalt layer was used. This study was a first attempt to use advanced pavement performance predictions in Belgium. The data gathered during the future monitoring of the test sections built as part of this study will provide valuable primary data for the local calibration of pavement distress models.

road materials and pavement design

A comparative study on the performance of field-sampled asphalt mixtures for heavy-duty pavements using laboratory testing and mechanistic-empirical simulations