Abstract: It is widely recognized that sustainability should be incorporated into engineering education. To prepare students with sustainability knowledge and techniques, engineering educators need to develop appropriate class ...

Abstract: After the year of 1990, many large-scale building projects mushroomed in China due to the increase of construction investments. From that time, many designers from the Western countries stepped into this new market to find ...

Abstract: Associations between polymer morphology and the properties of polymer-modified asphalt (PMA) have been widely reported. Fluorescence microscopy (FM) plays a key role in analyzing the morphology of polymers in PMA. However, ...

Abstract: Asphalt surface features revealed in the tapping-mode atomic force microscope (AFM) have been extensively studied. Most of the existing studies focus on the so-called bee-shaped surface feature, believed to be made of ...

Abstract: It was observed that economic downturns were typically associated with oil price shocks. Based on historical construction data from highway resurfacing projects in Kentucky, this paper investigates the relationship between ...

Abstract: The dynamic modulus (|E*|) of asphalt mixtures is an important parameter in pavement design and analysis. Although the |E*| values of freshly prepared hot-mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures can be conveniently determined through ...

Abstract: High-temperature rheological properties of asphalt binders are important in asphalt mixture production and compaction. In this study, the high-temperature rheological properties of asphalt binders with polymeric, warm-mix, ...

Abstract: Asphalt surface features revealed in the tapping-mode atomic force microscope (AFM) have been extensively studied. Most of the existing studies focus on the so-called bee-shaped surface feature, believed to be made of ...