Browsing Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements by Issue Date
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Measuring Joint Movement on Rigid Pavements Using the Traffic Speed Deflectometer
(ASCE, 1/30/2023 )The ability of a Traffic Speed Deflectometer (TSD) to detect joint movement on a rigid pavement was investigated. Based on a mathematical model of a moving vehicle on a concrete pavement, a method of calculating the joint ... -
Highway Cross-Sectional Design and Maintenance to Minimize Hydroplaning
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )Highway pavement cross slope is a crucially important cross-sectional design element to properly drain water on highways and improve driver safety by reducing the potential for vehicle hydroplaning. This research estimates ... -
Alternative Structure and Material Designs for Cost-Effective Perpetual Pavements in Texas
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )Since the perpetual pavement (PP) concept was introduced, many countries and states, including Texas, have constructed PP roadways. To date, 10 PP sections in Texas have been in service since 2003. With the oldest section ... -
Evaluation of the Decay Characteristics of Pavement Skid Resistance Using Three-Dimensional Texture from Accelerated Abrasion Test
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )To study dynamic changes in pavement skid resistance, this paper presents a new decay model. The new decay model is a grey model established based on three-dimensional (3D) texture using quadratic fitting, which just ... -
Rheological Analysis of Modified Bitumen by PVC Based Various Recycled Plastics
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )The aim of this paper is to examine the rheological behavior of bitumen modified by three waste plastics (old window frames, blinds, and cables) which are composed of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Thus, nine polymer-modified ... -
Vibration Dose Value in Passenger Car and Road Roughness
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )This study analyzed measured vibration dose value (VDV) in passenger cars as a function of longitudinal road roughness. The VDV was estimated on the passenger seat based on acceleration measured in three orthogonal axes ... -
Asphalt Concrete Stripping Detection Using Deflection Measurements from Traffic Speed Deflection Devices
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )Asphalt concrete stripping is a critical distress that occurs underneath the pavement surface due to the accumulation of moisture with no visual indication at the surface. Past studies have suggested the feasibility of ... -
Roughness Optimization of Road Networks: An Option for Carbon Emission Reduction by 2030
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )The Paris climate agreement requires all nations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Accordingly, countries have made ambitious targets to be achieved by 2030. Road transport as a major GHG contributor has been ... -
Experimental Study for Crowdsourced Ride Quality Index Estimation Using Smartphones
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )The use of smartphones to collect roughness measurements or ride quality has become popular in recent years, owing to the potential for substantial cost savings in data collection. Hurdles to widespread adoption of these ... -
Network-Based Optimization System for Pavement Maintenance Using a Probabilistic Simulation-Based Genetic Algorithm Approach
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )Forecasting future pavement performance is one of the main elements of an infrastructure management system. Performance modeling, however, is not a simple task, particularly due to (1) the unforeseen parameters (other ... -
Computational Process for Quantifying the Impact of Flooding on Remaining Life of Flexible Pavement Structures
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )Field observations have indicated significant damage to pavement structures due to sustained saturation of foundation layers after heavy rainfalls. Highway agencies need to have insight into the influence of rainfall events ... -
Life Cycle Thinking-Informed Approach to Support Pavement Design Decision Making
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )Sustainable design of pavements requires the satisfaction of performance criteria, cost, and environmental impacts. Improvements in each of these aspects cannot always be achieved at the same time, necessitating the explicit ... -
Comparison of Treatment Timing between Aggregate Base and Full-Depth Asphalt Roads
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )Aggregate base-course (ABC) pavements and full-depth asphalt (FDA) pavements are the two most commonly used types of asphalt pavements. During pavement design and pavement management, engineers need to know the expected ... -
Polyurethane Grout Injection as Remedial Measure to Reduce Differential Heave in Pavement Sections Constructed over Expansive Soils
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )Flexible pavement sections constructed over expansive soil deposits often undergo significant damage due to volume changes in the underlying soil strata. When expansive soil deposits are confined to shallow depths, ... -
Laboratory Investigation of Critical Factors Affecting Geogrid Reinforcement on Aggregate Base Using Loaded Wheel Tester
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )A modified loaded wheel tester, asphalt pavement analyzer (APA), was employed to evaluate the reinforcement effect of geogrids on unbound granular base course materials by applying simulated repeated wheel loads on the ... -
Development of a New Performance Indicator to Evaluate Resistance of Asphalt Mixes to Cracking
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )Several monotonic performance indicators that use one or more elements of the load–displacement curve (e.g., area under the curve, curve peak) are used to assess the resistance of asphalt mix to cracking. While these ... -
Simple Method for Incorporating Lateral Wheel Wander in the Computation of Fatigue Damage in New Flexible Pavement Structures
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )The lateral position of trucks wheels when they pass over the pavement is not the same for all trucks. This variation in the lateral position of truck wheels is called wheel wander, and it is generally assumed to follow a ... -
Chip Seal Construction Variability and Its Impact on Performance
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )This paper presents findings obtained from field and laboratory tests that were designed to assess chip seal construction variability in comparison to the targeted design, and to investigate the impact of any variability ... -
Numerical Study on Design and Installation of Energy-Harvesting Modules Embedded within a Flexible Pavement Structure
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )Previous analytical and experimental works have shown that the power output of a piezoelectric-based energy-harvesting module is nonlinearly proportional to compressive stresses. This study aims to identify an optimal set ... -
Water Distribution Influenced by Pavement Alignment Design
(ASCE, 12/1/2020 )To obtain the water distribution influenced by pavement alignment design under the current situation of highway reconstruction and extension in China, a simulation model for predicting pavement flow fields and water depth ...