Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements: Recent submissions
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Deflection-Based Metric for Identifying Critical Pavement Sections against Subgrade Shear Failure under Superheavy Loads: A Case Study of Alberta, Canada
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractMovement of superheavy loads (SHLs) plays an essential role in various industries by facilitating transportation of heavy payloads. These industries including oil, chemical, electrical, and defense rely on specialized ... -
Bayesian Analysis and Monte Carlo Simulation for Airport Pavement ACR-PCR Rating
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThe maintenance of airport pavements has long been a major focus of academic research. To better understand the relationship between wheel loads and pavement bearing capacity, the International Civil Aviation ... -
Research on an Optimal Parameters Combination of Intelligent Compaction for Subgrade Based on Dynamic Models Using an Orthogonal Experiment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThe dynamic analysis of the whole process of compaction is the theoretical basis for the research of intelligent compaction technology. This paper reconstructs dynamic models for both the compaction process stage ... -
Use of Asphalt Modified with Waste Material as the Tack Coat on the Interface between the Binder and Wearing Courses
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractAsphalt pavement consists of multiple courses, and a tack coat between the courses to ensure that these courses are properly bonded to each other is used. Generally, asphalt binder, asphalt emulsion, and cutback ... -
Performance Evaluation of Asphalt Mixtures Modified with Lignin Powder and Crumb Rubber
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThe use of biological additives in bitumen presents a promising path toward sustainable development, driven by economic and environmental benefits. These additives can reduce reliance on oil-derived bitumen, a ... -
Probabilistic Assessment of the Fatigue Performance of Crumb Rubber Concrete Pavement: Fatigue Model Development and Reliability Assessment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractRecycled postconsumer tyres show potential to be used as an alternative to natural aggregate in pavement concrete where fatigue performance is crucial. This paper presents four fatigue models for crumb rubber ... -
Evaluation of Skid Resistance Indicators of Asphalt Pavement Based on 3D Reconstruction of Surface Textures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractThe skid resistance performance of asphalt pavement surfaces is crucial for ensuring vehicular safety. This study investigates the complex interplay between road surface texture and skid resistance by utilizing ... -
HWCNet: A Semantic Segmentation Model for Highway Asphalt Pavement Cracks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractTo address challenges in the accuracy and integrity of semantic segmentation models for highway asphalt pavement crack detection, a novel model, highway crack net (HWCNet), is proposed, combining convolutional ... -
The Analysis of Dynamic Response by Combining the Hertz Contact with Two-Degree-of-Freedom Model in Intelligent Compaction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractIntelligent compaction (IC) technology plays a role in the construction of soil subgrade for quality control and assurance (QC/QA). The interaction between vibratory rollers and packing is the most important ... -
Using Fiber-Optic Sensors to Assess the Strength Characteristics of Road Structures Allowing for Vehicle Speed
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractThe study of the strength characteristics of road pavements is important to ensure the reliability of road infrastructure in the face of growing traffic and changing climate conditions. Understanding the mechanisms ... -
Performance Properties of a Hot-Mix Asphalt Modified with Oil Palm Kernel Shell–Based Biochar for Road Pavements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractWaste biomass generation from agro-industrial activities has increased due to the world’s population growth. To reduce the negative environmental impacts, these biomasses can be treated and thermally decomposed by ... -
Fatigue Resistance of Thin Fiber-Reinforced Surfacing Asphalt Mixes in Laboratory Conditions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractFew countries are using the combination of thin asphalt surfaces on bound or unbound granular bases. Thick or full-depth asphalt pavements in smaller economies may be unaffordable, making thin asphalt surfaces a ... -
Investigation of the Macroscale and Mesoscale Fracture Behaviors of Concrete Based on a Phase Field Regularized Cohesive Zone Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractCracking has always been a critical problem for concrete pavement, which would result in performance degradation and even structural failure. Conventional theoretical models and methods, such as the cohesive zone ... -
Tile-Based Pavement Rutting and Roughness Evaluation Using Mobile LiDAR Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractPavement distresses, including rutting and roughness, have impacts on both driver comfort and safety. Therefore, timely identification of such distresses is essential. Traditional inspection methods are laborious ... -
Investigation of Pore Pressure in Bonded Concrete Overlays of Asphalt Pavement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractBonded concrete overlays of asphalt (BCOA) are used for pavement rehabilitation with extended service life. However, trapped moisture infiltrated from concrete joints can generate pore pressure at the concrete–asphalt ... -
A Low-Level Air Heating Method to Dissipate Dense Fog on Highways
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractDense fog usually occurs in small areas on highways and leads to traffic accidents. Hence, it is imperative to dissipate dense fog on highways artificially. This study designed a low-level air heating method that ... -
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 ... -
Mechanistic-Empirical Design for Rubblized Pavements in Michigan
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Pavement mechanistic-empirical design (PMED) is a modern approach to designing new and rehabilitated pavements. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) follows the current guideline methodology for rehabilitation ... -
Forward Simulation of GPR Detection for Irregular Concealed Distresses of Road Pavement Based on the FDTD Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Detecting concealed pavement distresses by ground penetrating radar (GPR) has become popular. However, inner distresses develop irregularly, leading to the uncertainty of the feature in B-scan images. Meanwhile, the ... -
Accuracy of Pavement ME Methodology in Predicting Strain Responses under Multiple Axle Loadings in Flexible Pavements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The mechanistic-empirical pavement design method (Pavement ME) uses linear-elastic analysis to calculate the strain responses induced by single and multiple axle loadings, and the method relies on the concept of equivalent ...