Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements: Recent submissions
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Drones for Road Condition Monitoring: Applications and Benefits
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This systematic literature review (SLR) explores the increasing use of drones in road condition monitoring (D-RCM), a development poised to enhance inspection efficiency and reduce costs. Surveying 60 articles from a pool ... -
Designing Stone-Matrix Asphalt to Optimize Sustainability Using Limestone, Dolomite, and Crushed Gravel Aggregates
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Stone-matrix asphalt (SMA) relies on stone-on-stone contact of coarse aggregate (CA) to generate a load carrying structure or an aggregate skeleton that minimizes flexible pavement rutting potential. Local CA may require ... -
YOLO-SFT: Road Damage Detection Algorithm Based on Feature Diffusion
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Pavement damage detection is an important research area in road maintenance and traffic safety, but traditional detection methods have shortcomings such as low accuracy and poor real-time performance. A pavement damage ... -
The Neutral Axis Concept in Asphalt Pavement Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The neutral axis concept is a fundamental and useful entity in elastic beamlike and platelike structures (where it is called the neutral surface). It distinguishes between tensile and compressive zones, governs how moments ... -
Study of the Shrinkage and Freeze–Thaw Performance of Cement-Stabilized Macadam Mixtures Based on Rotary Compaction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In this study, static compaction and gyratory compaction were used to prepare cement-stabilized macadam (CSM) specimens, and their drying shrinkage and freeze–thaw resistance were investigated. The effects of gradation ... -
Study of Aging Asphalt Recovery Using Peanut Oil Residue as a Biomass Regenerator
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The properties of reclaimed asphalt were studied using peanut oil residue (POR) as a regenerant. The preparation, chemical composition, and rheological properties of POR regenerant were studied. GC-MS and FITR studies of ... -
Skid Resistance Performance Analysis and Driving Safety Evaluation in the Full Life Cycle of Asphalt Pavement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Skid resistance of pavement plays a vital role in transportation safety, and it continuously deteriorates because the pavement was exposed to traffic and environmental loadings. Although the evaluation law of asphalt ... -
Robust Random Forest Model for Faulting Prediction in Jointed Concrete Pavement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)A simple but robust faulting prediction model is essential for jointed concrete pavement design and timely maintenance and rehabilitation activities placement. This study utilized machine learning algorithms, including ... -
Reflective Cracking Performance Evaluations of Highly Polymer-Modified Asphalt Mixture
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Highly polymer-modified (HP) asphalt has been shown to enhance asphalt mixture performance. To evaluate its effectiveness in resisting reflective cracking, this study conducted dynamic modulus tests, cyclic fatigue tests, ... -
Development of a Method for Assessing Metrological Traceability in 3D Pavement Texture Measurements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Three-dimensional (3D) pavement texture measurement plays a significant role in helping engineers calculate pavement performance–related parameters, such as the international roughness index (IRI), texture depth (TD), and ... -
An Improved Two-Stage Bottom-Up Optimization Approach for Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Decision Making
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Existing two-stage bottom-up optimization (TSBUO) approaches have a simple combination of optimization paths at the first stage, leading to the possibility of missing the optimal plan at the second stage with complex network ... -
Deep Learning–Based Detection of Vehicle Axle Type with Images Collected via UAV
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The identification and quantification of vehicle axle type are essential to evaluate the operational status of road traffic. Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) are helpful in obtaining information about vehicles in most road ... -
Configuration Research of Recessed Pavement Markings Based on Digital Imagery
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Recessed pavement markings are consistently utilized to withstand the impact of snowplowing and sanding operations, particularly in regions with cold climates. However, the optimal configuration of recessed pavement markings ... -
Verification and Validation of Pavement Models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Model development activities are increasing in pavement research and engineering applications. At the same time, there is ambiguity and a lack of consistency with regard to checking and quantifying credibility and suitability ... -
Assessing an Asphalt Mixture’s Self-Healing with Microwave Induction for Enhanced Durability and Structural Restoration
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This work examines the effect of temperature on the self-healing of asphalt mixture, and various laboratory tests were performed to find out qualitative and quantitative properties of asphalt material. Asphalt fatigue life ... -
Data-Mining Framework Integrating 3D Random Aggregate Method and Finite-Element Method for Mesoscopic Simulation of Asphalt Concrete
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Mesostructure-based simulation technology offers an effective approach to modeling the mesomechanical responses of asphalt concrete and studying its mesomechanisms. However, current exploration depth and utilization level ... -
Road Surface Condition Monitoring in Extreme Weather Using a Feature-Learning Enhanced Mask–RCNN
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Road surface condition (RSC) is an important indicator in road safety studies, enabling transportation departments to employ it for conducting surveys, inspections, cleaning, and maintenance, ultimately contributing to ... -
Impact of Local Calibration on Pavement Design in Michigan
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The global Pavement-mechanistic-empirical (ME) transfer functions have been calibrated using the long-term pavement performance (LTPP) pavement sections at the national level. These functions may need calibration for local ... -
Pavement Safety Characteristics Evaluation Utilizing Crowdsourced Vehicular and Cellular Sensor Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Monitoring pavement conditions using crowdsourced vehicular data can significantly contribute to real-time and cost-effective pavement maintenance decision-making. This paper presents the development of various machine ... -
Consideration of Heat Transfer Characteristics in Thermal Stress Calculations of Asphalt Mixtures in the TSRST
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The low-temperature performance of asphalt mixtures was a critical factor that investigated the thermal cracking of asphalt pavement in cold regions of the world. Many scholars have affirmed that the failure temperature ...